Gayle Ridinger is an American with family ties both to Italy and to the American Civil War town of Gettysburg--both important in THE SECRET PRICE OF HISTORY, her new novel co-written with her husband Paolo Pochettino. She has lived in Italy for over thirty years and teaches English and translation at a university near Milan, Italy. An award-winning translator of modern Italian poetry, she has had a children's book, A STAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, published in five languages. Visit the website www.secretpriceofhistory.com to see excerpts from the novel coupled with photos and documents regarding fascinating, little-known figures from the past, whom Gayle and Paolo discovered during five inspiring years of research and included in their book's historical sub-plot.