The Beginning of Freedom
Our Nomad Life—an Origin Story. I was on the lookout when change came and found me. After twenty years in Paris, after eighteen years of writing, working, and living in the same lovely-crappy-inspiring atelier, I felt stuck.
From Paris to Nowhere
For 18 years, I lived with my (now) husband in a charming old artist atelier in Paris. But in the winter of 2019, we were expelled.
Super-Delicious Salmon Quiche
During WWII, Nazi forces occupy the French capital and steal crops to feed the soldiers. Parisians invent new ways to find food and fill their stomachs. The characters of A Whale in Paris fish for salmon in the Seine at…
The best middle grade books that capture the magic of Paris and France
Paris has always been a magical city to us. It's where we found each other and fell in love. It's where we wrote our first books and movies. The City of Lights charmed and inspired us for twenty years: Paris…
American Library in Paris Book Award
On November 8th, my co-author and I attended the American Library in Paris Book Award ceremony 2018. It was held in the gorgeous Hôtel de Talleyrand where the Marshall plan was signed in 1948. By being there, we felt we inserted ourselves…
Exactly 74 years ago
The first page of “A Whale in Paris.”
