Starcrossed: A True Romeo and Juliet Story In Hitler's Paris

by Simon Worrall, Heather Macadam (coauthor)

With gorgeous prose that springs off the page, coupled with deep research and a gift for bringing unique moments in history into vivid focus, authors Heather Dune Macadam and Simon Worrall have brought to life the story of ill-fated artists Annette Zelman and Jean Jausion in STAR CROSSED: A True Romeo and Juliet Story in Hitler’s Paris (on-sale August 22, 2023). Their dazzling and passionate love affair at Paris’s renowned Café de Flore in the run-up to World War II ended in betrayal and tragedy.

Hardcover

Published August 22, 2023

About the author

The author of two highly acclaimed books, THE POET AND THE MURDERER (Dutton & Plume/Penguin Putnam USA, 2002, which William Styron called, “A gripping tale, done with great style and elegance…” and the novelized true story of his mother in World War II, THE VERY WHITE OF LOVE (HarperCollins, 2018), referred to by The Sunday Mirror as “A powerful and tender tale of love and war,” Worrall is a natural storyteller.
Simon was born in Wellington, England in 1951 and spent his childhood in Eritrea, Paris and Singapore. He speaks four languages, including French. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, and has written for publications all over the world, including the Smithsonian, The London Times and Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian, Harper’s, The New Yorker, Conde Nast Traveler and the New Statesman.