Jill Culiner, born in New York, raised in Toronto, has spent most of her life in England, Germany, Holland, Turkey, France, Greece, Hungary and the Sahara. She now resides in a 300-year-old former inn in a French village of no real interest. Much to everyone's dismay, she protects all living creatures and especially spiders, her wild (or wildlife) garden is a classified butterfly and bird reserve and her attic is home to many bats.She is the author of two romances, Felicity's Power (Power of Love Publishing, 2001) All About Charming Alice (Crimson Romance, 2013) a history/essay, Finding Home (Sumach Press, 2004) a mystery, Slanderous Tongue (Sumach Press, 2007) and, with Gilbert Lascault, Sans Abolir Pourtant (L'Echoppe, 1993)site: www.jill-culiner.com and www.j-arleneculiner.com