Linda Lafferty

The daughter of a naval commander, Linda Lafferty attended fourteen different schools growing up, ultimately graduating from the University of Colorado with a master's degree and a PhD in Bilingual/Special Education. Her peripatetic childhood nourished a lifelong love of travel, and she studied abroad in England, France, Mexico, and Spain. Her uncle introduced her to the sport of polo when she was just ten years old, though now she competes cross-country, show jumping, and dressage on her beloved mare Shiner.\n\nLinda competed on the Lancaster University Riding Team in England in stadium jumping, cross country, and dressage. A veteran school educator, she taught at the American School in Madrid and at Aspen High School as an English as a Second Language and Bilingual American History teacher.\n\nLinda Lafferty is the author of The Bloodletter’s Daughter, House of Bathory, The Girl Who Fought Napoleon, and the Colorado Book Award winners, The Drowning Guard and The Shepherdess of Siena. She, along with her husband Andy Stone, will soon publish a historical/contemporary thriller LIGHT IN THE SHADOWS about the artist Caravaggio -- a genius but also a brutal thug -- and the deadly hunt for a lost canvas. \n