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It All Started with an Abandoned Train Station…
It was a simple train station, brick and stone, with a dark red door. Empty and abandoned, it sat nestled in the mountains of southern France. Truly, it was just a blip on an otherwise picturesque route that we were enjoying aboard the Tournon Steam Train one morning last June. Along with my fellow travelers, I…
Read MoreI Finally Did it: DNA Deep Dive
Last night I did something I’ve meant to do for a long time. Something I’m sure many of you have done way before now. Something I’ve been on the brink of doing since July. I spit into a cup. Which, as I’m sure you realize, means that I submitted and sent off a DNA sample…
Read MoreRelease Day for THE FORGOTTEN ITALIAN RESTAURANT!!
A faded restaurant menu from 1943; a memorial plaque with a mystery; a secret plan to feed those in hiding; and a grave mistake made in the hours before dawn… These are just some of the elements of my newest historical novel, The Forgotten Italian Restaurant. And I’m so excited to be writing about…
Read MoreLove at First Sight?
Do you believe in love at first sight? Valentine’s Day always makes me think of a couple I’ve known for a long time, a couple for whom the phrase “love at first sight” had to have been invented! I’ll call them Jackie and Scott, and they met while they were each traveling through Europe on a…
Read MoreMoments of Love
When I was about eight, one of the strangest, scariest, and possibly most revealing moments of my life occurred. I was driving with my family to my grandparents’ apartment to take them with us to dinner. My father was driving, my sister and I were in the front seat (this was back before seatbelt laws), and my…
Read MoreThe Inspiration Behind SECRETS
I’ve always loved historical fiction, so I was thrilled to step into this genre over the course of the last year. SECRETS OF THE ITALIAN ISLAND, my new book launching May 11th, centers around two strong women: Mia, a 32-year-old single researcher living in in modern-day Long Island, and her grandmother, Italian-born Annalisa, who was…
Read More“People Who Do Things!”
I love podcasts — so I was especially thrilled to be invited to join the discussion for the latest episode of “People Who Do Things,” a thoughtful and always eye-opening look at creativity in all its forms. Please check out the whole series — I think you’ll enjoy it! https://tinyurl.com/56a95tx9
Read MoreNew Years Resolutions, Billy Elliott, and Feeling Alive
Happy new year! Do you have a New Year’s Resolution? Read on for mine – and how it ties into one of my latest releases! But first… did you ever see Billy Elliot the Musical? I was lucky enough to see it on Broadway years ago, and I adored it. What I remember most is…
Read MoreThanks, Batavia Library!
My mother was the assistant to the director of Syosset Library when I was growing up, so the library was my second home. I loved being around all the books and the people who read, shelved, and recommended them. I thought it was so special that I saw places few others could — like the…
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