Historical Novels: THE LAST TWELVE MILES (Sourcebooks, June 2024). A Prohibition-era novel featuring two real, brilliant women on two sides of the law--Coast Guard Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman and notorious South Florida Rumrunner Marie Waite--in a daring game of cat and mouse. SISTERS OF NIGHT AND FOG (Berkley Penguin Random House, March 1, 2022). The true story of two remarkable women in WWII—an American socialite who joins an Allied pilot escape network with her French husband, and a Franco-British widow and mother who becomes a secret agent to avenge her husband’s death—whose clandestine deeds with the Resistance come to a staggering halt when they are brought together under unimaginable circumstances, and the true depths of their courage and strength are revealed.THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (Berkley Penguin Random House, Feb. 9, 2021), based on the story of real-life WWII secret agent, Virginia Hall--an American woman working as a wireless operator for US and British cover war organizations--who hid in plain sight in Occupied France helping to train and arm French Resistance fighters to rise up after D-Day and liberate a secluded mountain region harboring a precious secret.RECEIVE ME FALLING (Elysian Fields Press, 2009), HEMINGWAY'S GIRL (Penguin, 2012), CALL ME ZELDA (Penguin, 2013), FALLEN BEAUTY (Penguin, 2014), THE HOUSE OF HAWTHORNE (Penguin Random House, 2015)Short Story: GRAND CENTRAL: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion, "I'll Walk Alone" (Penguin, 2014)Essay: AUTHOR IN PROGRESS: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published, "Put a Ring on It" (Writers Digest, 2016)Satire as E. Robuck:#HOCKEYSTRONG: A Novel (Elysian Fields Press, 2017)Specialties: I have a degree in Education and a minor in Literature. I specialize in history and research.