Book 2 of The Commander and the Chief series finds the Chief "on the warpath" and "counting coup" with her enemies on both sides of the ocean. Meanwhile, she fights an indictment and risks losing her latest love, the Commander, as well as unleashing
Beatrice Gerard has taught Elizabethan and Modern English Literature, and published in numerous academic journals. A large part of her academic work and her writing have focused on women's issues.
She's the author of an award-wining collection of short stories to be published soon.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three cats and an anthropomorphized yellow Lab.
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I come to fiction through academic writing. My main influences would be Borges and Umberto Eco.
Wait a minute.... Is that so? Not really, that's what she tell herself. But in reality she should cite Sidney Sheldon and Paul Auster; Jennifer Egan and Danielle Steel, and soap opera.