Democracy By Cycle Rickshaw
Throwback to 2004 when I studied abroad in Jaipur, India. I remember that semester so vividly it doesn’t feel like 13 years ago. I wrote[…]
The Mad Queen of Portugal Maria I
The first woman to rule Portugal, Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana (why’d her parents stop there?) married her uncle in order to[…]
Projeto Tamar: Saving Sea Turtles along Brazil’s Coast
Hello, adorable baby sea turtle! Today is world turtle day! Hooray for the turtles! In honor of turtles everywhere, I wanted to give[…]
King João VI of Portugal: Feared Crustaceans, Tricked Napoleon, & Lost Brazil
One reason I love writing historical fiction is the chance to discover real people I’d swear were fabricated in someone’s imagination. King João VI of[…]