Bryn Turnbull’s THE WOMAN BEFORE WALLIS, an historical novel following the true story of Thelma Morgan Furness, an American socialite who played a key role in two of the most infamous news stories of the 1930s: her twin sister’s headline-grabbing custody battle for her daughter, Gloria Vanderbilt, and the abdication of Edward, Prince of Wales, with whom Thelma had a scandalous affair before introducing him to her close friend, Wallis Simpson, to April Osborn at Mira, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal.