USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Kristin Gleeson is originally from Philadelphia but now lives in Ireland, in West Cork, where she writes, plays the harp and sings in a choir, in addition to painting the beautiful landscape around her. She holds a Masters in Library Science and a Ph.D. in history, and for a time was an administrator of a large archives, library and museum in America. She has also worked as a public librarian in America and Ireland. She is an Independent Publishing Award Gold Medalist
