I met Luciana Cavallaro at a writer’s conference in San Diego. We sat across from each other at a huge round table during lunch, crowded with ten historical fiction writers, but managed to have a wonderful conversation that ultimately inspired the entire group and became the foundation for a lasting friendship. I found our interest in history, our focus on ancient times, and the way we wrote so alike, you wouldn’t know we lived half a world away from each other (she’s in Australia; I’m in the US). And, we are both teachers! Since then, I’ve followed her blog, Eternal Atlantis, emailed back and forth, and hope to see her in person again at some future writing conference.

Luciana has a wonderful trilogy set in ancient Greece called Servant of the Gods. I’ve read the first two (Search for the Golden Serpent and the Labyrinthine Journey