19-year-old Elisabeth Vigée's career as a portraitist is really taking off, until, that is, she meets an unforeseen obstacle and her studio is raided by the officers of the court. And then she discovers that her greedy stepfather has been pocketing the funds from her portrait commissions. Ever resourceful, she finds ways around her problems. But what will the long-term consequences of her choices be?
Susanne Dunlap is the author of more than a dozen historical novels for adults and teens. Susanne grew up in Buffalo, New York and has lived in London, Brooklyn, Northampton, MA, and now Biddeford, ME. Her love of historical fiction arose partly from her PhD research at Yale.
Susanne is also an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach in fiction and nonfiction, specializing in coaching historical fiction and historical nonfiction.