First generation Italian-Canadian, Mirella Patzer is passionate about writing and reading novels set in historical eras. Her passions, apart from writing, are blogging about women in history, travelling, discovering and testing historical recipes (especially Italian ones), researching, and spending time with her family. She loves taking an old classic from the public domain and reimagining, rewriting, and bringing it back to life with current language and different setting. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta.