Astaire, Libi

Libi Astaire is an award-winning author who often writes about Jewish history. The first book in her Ezra Melamed Mystery Series, "The Disappearing Dowry," was named a 2010 Sydney Taylor Notable Book. Other volumes in the series, which revolves around Regency London's Jewish community, include "The Doppelganger's Dance, "Tempest in the Tea Room," "The Ruby Spy Ring" and the novellas "Too Many Coins" and "General Well'ngone in Love." She is also the author of "The Banished Heart," a novel about Shakespeare's writing of "The Merchant of Venice"; "Terra Incognita," a novel about Spanish villagers...