Growing up in an Air Force family took MARCI JEFFERSON across the world, inspiring an interest in culture and travel, but her passion for history sparked while living in Yorktown, Virginia, where locals still tell Revolutionary War tales. She kept a love of writing to herself, and eventually abandoned it to pursue the more “practical” path of becoming a Registered Nurse. Years after graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University, immersing herself in a Quality Assurance nursing career, and then having children, she realized she’d neglected a few of her passions. She began traveling again, writing along the way, delving into bits of history that caught her fancy. GIRL ON THE GOLDEN COIN was released by St. Martin’s Press in 2014, with ENCHANTRESS OF PARIS following in 2015. Marci is a member of the Historical Novel society. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, making hair-bows for their daughter and trying not to step on their son’s Legos. www.marcijefferson.com (Photo by Jill Sloffer)​