History tells us where we’re going and literature tells us where we’ve been. In between lies the journey, the transitory space between experience and hope, the stories I love most.

 

I am a PhD historian, author, editor, former journalist and occasional professor. I began writing for newspapers and wire services, first in Miami and then in Central America and the Caribbean, and then moved to France in 1989 with my French husband. After our two sons were born, I went to graduate school at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and earned a doctorate in history. I taught at Sciences Po and the Université de Paris II-Panthéon, and worked as resident director in Paris for the City University of New York exchange program.

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After publishing two non-fiction books on World War II, both born of absolute awe for those who found their way through that dark night, I am currently working on a history of the first European settlement in Florida, tentatively titled A Shipwreck of Discovery. Plus ça change is what keeps coming to mind on this one, as the men in charge focus on wealth and power, and disaster results.