JEANNE MACKIN is the author of several novels: The Sweet By and By (St. Martin’s Press), Dreams of Empire (Kensington Books), The Queen’s War (St. Martin’s Press), and The Frenchwoman (St. Martin’s Press). She has published short fiction and creative nonfiction in several journals and periodicals including American Letters and Commentary and SNReview. She is also the author of the Cornell Book of Herbs and Edible Flowers (Cornell University publications) and co-editor of The Norton Book of Love (W.W. Norton), and wrote art columns for newspapers as well as feature articles for several arts magazines. Jeanne’s most recent releases include The Beautiful American (NAL/Penguin 2014) and A Lady of Good Family (NAL/Penguin 2015). Her next historical novel, The Last Collection, centering on the rivalry between fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli will release from Berkley/Penguin in 2019. She was the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society and her journalism has won awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, in Washington, D.C. She teaches creative writing at Goddard College in Vermont, has taught or conducted workshops in Pennsylvania, Hawaii and New York and has traveled extensively in Europe. She lives with her husband, artist Steve Poleskie, in upstate New York. Please visit Jeanne at www.jeannemackin.com or on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jeannemackinauthor.