Mark Twain's Other Woman (Knopf 2010) is Laura Skandera Trombley's fifth book.Laura is an internationally renowned Mark Twain scholar, authoring several books and dozens of scholarly articles on Twain. She appeared in Ken Burns's Mark Twain documentary and, as a graduate student, discovered the largest known cache of Mark Twain letters.In addition to Mark Twain's Other Woman, Laura's other works on Twain include Mark Twain in the Company of Women and Constructing Mark Twain: New Directions in Scholarship.Laura was raised in Southern California, and at age sixteen she attended Pepperdine University, where she earned her BA and MA. She then attended the University of Southern California, where she earned a PhD in English literature. In addition to being an author, Laura is also the president of Pitzer College. Learn more at www.lauratrombley.com or www.pitzer.edu.