Elaine SchrollerI'm Elaine Schroller. I love complex couple relationships in historical fiction and mysteries, especially Helena Justina and Marcus Didius Falco in Lindsey Davis' ancient Roman private investigator series and Harrient Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey in Doothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon. Thanks to the inspiration of those incredible characters, I've done my best to create my own complex couple, Sophie and Joe Parker.I grew up in Houston, Texas and southern California, and attended high schools in Algiers, Algeria, Northwood, England, Clear Lake City, Texas, Beirut, Lebanon, and Kingston-upon-Thames, England. I was a history major and long-time technical writer who devoured historical fiction and historical mysteries on nights and weekends as a way to escape from writing about computer software during the workday. For many years I've lived in Bellaire, Texas. My husband and I raised our son here. Now we have three rescue cocker spaniels underfoot and travel as often as we can convince our son to come and look after the dogs for us. Read More Read Less