When I visited Lisbon last November researching my Zando adult debut historical fiction novel, THE LIBRARIANS OF LISBON, I had the pleasure of taking a “Spies in Lisbon during World War II” tour with academic and researcher, Marisa Filipe. She was gracious enough to show us some of Lisbon’s most beautiful spots, including the spectacular...Read More

When I was writing my historical fiction novel The Librarians of Lisbon, there were two people who kept appearing in mind, beloved ghosts from the past. The first was my aunt, Carol Warfield Tallman, who worked as a librarian for over thirty years at the William Penn Memorial Museum (now the State Museum of Pennsylvania)....Read More