Claudia Hagadus Long is the author of five prior novels: Josefina’s Sin, The Duel for Consuelo, and Chains of Silver (a trilogy of Colonial Mexico, 1690-1753); The Harlot’s Pen (women in the labor movement in 1920 San Francisco); and Nine Tenths of the Law (two sisters, their mother, and a Nazi thief.) She is an attorney in Northern California.
