1–What is the title of your latest release? THE COLONY CLUB 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at the Waldorf because they don’t cater to unaccompanied females, she takes matters into her own hands. She establishes the Colony Club, the first women’s club in Manhattan, where visiting women can stay overnight and dine with their friends; where they can discuss new ideas, take on social issues, and make their voices heard. Against the wishes of the city’s patriarchy, the religious leaders of the time, and other women who believe with their husbands that a woman’s place is in the home, even the murder trial of the century, Daisy persevered, and The Colony Club still exists today. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Since it’s based on an actual historic event, Manhattan was the choice, but within Manhattan, I concentrated on several separate spheres, the Fifth Avenue male inhabited architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White. The uptown mansions of Daisy’s society lady friends, Greenwich Village, home of actors, artists and literary figures, and a Brooklyn working class neighborhood, 4–Would you…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE TIFFANY GIRLS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Based on the real life, largely unknown women artists known as the Tiffany Girls. In 1899, three young women, the manager and main designer of the women’s division of the Tiffany glass company, a glass cutter who moonlights as a political cartoonist, and the daughter of a French art forger find a place to express their art while working on Tiffany’s most iconic glass pieces for the Paris World’s Fair of 1900, breaking the glass ceiling of their era and for working women to come. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Being a historical novel, the people and events were there to choose from. The year before the Paris World’s Fair was a particularly prolific and exciting time, perfect for portraying my characters’ lives; their hopes, dreams, and the obstacles they had to overcome. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? If I lived in 1900, definitely. And today? Absolutely. They have the same desires and drive as we all do. Plus, I think they’re really cool. 5–What are three words that…