First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself.
I've written seven books, and I love chocolate. I'm a passionate advocate for the environment (so let's make that organic, fair-trade chocolate).
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I was born and raised in Europe till the age of 14. Influences on my writing came from the classics, particularly Ancient Greek, and 19th and modern European literature. Baudelaire was a major influence. When I came to the U. S., I discovered the British Romantic poets--another major influence. I'm not a snob about genre--great writing is great writing, whatever the genre, and I adore Ursula Le Guin.
Birth Place
Bucharest, Romania
Accomplishments
The National Writer's Voice Award for Creative Non-Fiction for my book No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement; the Wayne State University Board of Governors Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award for No Return Address; the Literature for the Environment award for The New Bedford Samurai.
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