Welcome to my website!

I’ve loved history all my life, and I hope to share that love with you. Too often we grow up thinking history is boring, dull, nothing but flat lists of dates and places. In my books I hope to show the life, the laughter, and the humanity that runs through our common past. Whether writing about World War I France or post-World War II London, ancient Rome or Renaissance Italy, I bring you history with an irreverent twist: stories to make you laugh, cry, then laugh some more.

Make yourself at home in my library here—I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them!

PSA: There is a phishing scammer out there trying to con readers out of thousands of dollars while purporting to be me. Please don’t be fooled if you get an email that appears to be from me–I will NEVER ask anyone for money or personal information via email. If you think you have been contacted by me legitimately, please double-check with my literary agent via her email address on my Contacts page.