Southport, CT - Bestselling author Lauren Willig discusses her newest book "Band of Sisters." This sweeping novel – based on a true story – follows a group of young women from Smith College who risk their lives in France at the height of World War I and must cope with the war as well as old rivalries and new betrayals amongst themselves. Lauren will be interviewed by friend and fellow bestselling novelist Andrea Penrose, author of the acclaimed Regency-mystery "Wrexford & Sloane" series.
Lauren Willig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty works of historical fiction, including "The Summer Country", the RITA Award winning Pink Carnation series, and three novels co-written with Beatriz Williams and Karen White. An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband, two young children, and vast quantities of coffee.