by Olivia | Nov 21, 2011 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
When I was in my early twenties, I lived with and worked for a wealthy family for a few months. They seemed wealthy to me, anyway. After all, they had live-in help—ME. I folded the family’s laundry in particular ways, vacuumed the white carpet in a system that made...
by Olivia | Nov 9, 2011 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago tucked under an east-west runway of O’Hare. School field trips invariably involved the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. On any given school day, hordes of kids from all over Chicagoland rotated through exhibits. And the...
by Olivia | Nov 2, 2011 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
I’m thrilled with the cover of my first novel! Lucy Banning was born on October 8, 1871 in Chicago. Does the date ring a bell? Mrs. O’Leary’s cow usually gets the blame for the Great Fire of Chicago, though it’s unlikely the poor cow had anything to do with it....
