I Am So Honored To Be The

The Sabbath Is A Weekly Cathedral Raised Up In My Dining Room, In My Family, In My Heart.

Egypt Loved The Lotus Becuase It Never Dies. It Is The Same For People Who Are Loved. Thus Can Something As Insignificant As A Name-two Syllables, One High, One Sweet- Summon Up The Innumerable Smiles, Tears, Sighs And Dreams Of A Human Life.

As A Journalist I'm Comfortable Doing Library Research, And I Did A Lot! I Had A Fellowship At Radcliff For A Year Which Gave Me Access To The Harvard System.

I Lived Through A Classic Publishing Story. My Editor Was Fired A Month Before The Book Came Out. The Editor Who Took It Over Already Had A Full Plate. It Was Never Advertised. We Didn't Get Reviewed In Any Major Outlets.

I Got Nice Rejections Explaining That Historical Fiction Was A Difficult Sell. But I Kept Trying.