Penelope Rowlands is a journalist and the author of "A Dash Of Daring," a critically acclaimed biography of Carmel Snow, the brilliant Irish-American editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar (from 1934-1958). Rowlands has also edited two well-received anthologies, "The Beatles Are Here!" and "Paris Was Ours" -- in each case also contributing both the introduction and an essay of her own. She is the author of three books on design, including monographs on Jean Prouvé and Eileen Gray.Her latest project, a biographical work about the later years of Aaron Burr, the controversial Founding Father, will be published in 2015.Read more at www.peneloperowlands.com