Eric D. Lehman is the director of creative writing at the University of Bridgeport and his work has been published in dozens of journals and magazines. He has written or edited fourteen books of history, travel, and fiction, including Yankee's New England, Insiders' Guide to Connecticut, A Connecticut Christmas, and The Quotable New Englander. His novella Shadows of Paris was a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award, won a silver medal in romance from the Foreword Review, and was judged the novella of the year by the Next Generation Independent Book Awards. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut