About the Author

Susanne Alleyn has loved history all her life, aided and abetted by her grandmother, Lillie V. Albrecht, an author of historical children's books in the 1950s and 60s. Happy to describe herself as an insufferable knowitall about historical trivia (although she lost on Jeopardy!), Susanne has been writing and researching historical fiction for nearly three decades. She is the author of the historical novels The Executioner's Heir; A Far Better Rest, the reimagining of A Tale of Two Cities; and the acclaimed Aristide Ravel French Revolution Mysteries, as well as various nonfiction projects.