Janet McGiffin

Poison is a Woman's Weapon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Janet McGiffin takes us on a thrilling adventure through the perils of ancient Byzantium, led by the indefatigable young nun Thekla, through whose eyes we experience the streets of Constantinople. The temples, the food, the warriors, in all their glory and misery, are brought to life for today's young readers with a deft and knowledgeable hand.

Produktdetails

• The Empress Irini Series
• Verlag: Scotland Street Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781910895740
• ISBN-10: 1910895741
• Artikelnr.: 67674719

Autorenporträt

Janet McGiffin divides her time between her apartment in Manhattan, her family in Washington State, and her friends in Athens, Greece. She was born in Fairfield, Iowa into a newspaper family and learned to write copy as a teenager by writing obituaries for the Ellensburg Daily Record in Washington state. After university, she worked for the Milwaukee Health Department where she gained first-hand knowledge for her best-selling mystery series published by Fawcett Press, NY, featuring Doctor Maxine St. Clair, an ER doctor in an inner-city hospital. She worked as a press officer for the Washington state senate, then moved to Athens, Greece where she wrote grant proposals for small non-profit women's organizations in Mediterranean countries. She also wrote a humor column for the Athens News newspaper with field archaeologist Adrian Vrettos, wrote two English language easy readers for Cambridge University Press, UK, and a series of hiking articles for greecetravel.com. She researched her Byzantine-era Empress Irini Series through extensive travel in Greece, followed by six months of research at the Bodleian libraries in Oxford, England. She enjoys hiking in Greece, England, Wales, and Scotland.