Clarice Stasz has published over forty years, from social commentary to biographies. A retired professor of history, Clarice is a leading scholar of Jack London, with appearances in documentaries for HBO and PBS. She was noted by Book-of-the-Month Club for The Vanderbilt Women, and has received several awards for her Jack London studies. Starting her writing career as an editor, Clarice is committed to crisp and straightforward narratives to introduce average readers to history. A lifelong reader of mysteries, Slanderley is her first venture into the genre. She is preparing a prequel to Slanderley as well as a study her family history of immigrants from Bohemia and Hungary to Cleveland after 1865. It explores the persistence of ethnicity generations after migration and apparent assimilation.
