Friday, April 27, 2012

Coffee with a canine: Kate Quinn & Caesar

This weekend's featured duo at Coffee with a Canine: Kate Quinn and Caesar.

The author, on Caeser's role in her writing:
He's a crucial part of the creative process. I do all my writing cross-legged on the couch with a laptop balanced in my lap, and Caesar's job is to curl up against me, carefully positioned for maximum cuteness while at the same time making it almost impossible to reach either the mouse or any of my research books. It's a hard job, but he's...[read on]
Kate Quinn is a native of southern California. She attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Classical Voice. A lifelong history buff, she first got hooked onancient Rome while watching "I, Claudius" at the age of seven. She wrote her first book during her freshman year in college, retreating from a Boston winter into ancient Rome, and it was later published as Mistress of Rome. A prequel followed, titled Daughters of Rome, and then a sequel--the newly released Empress of the Seven Hills--written while her husband was deployed to the Middle East.

Learn more about Empress of the Seven Hills and its author at Kate Quinn's website and blog.

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--Marshal Zeringue