Carol M. Cram is the author of three novels of historical literary fiction in addition to Love Among the Recipes. Her first novel, The Towers of Tuscany (Lake Union Publishing, 2014) and her second novel, A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015) were both designated Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society in the UK. A Woman of Note won First in Category for the Goethe award and The Towers of Tuscany won the Grand Prize Chaucer Award for best historical novel pre-1750 (Chanticleer Book Awards). The Muse of Fire, which completes Carol’s themed trilogy about women in the arts, was awarded the Bronze medal for Best Historical Fiction from the Independent Publishers’ Awards and First in Category for the Goethe Awards. Carol runs Artsy Traveler (www.artsytraveler.com) to showcase arts-inspired travel destinations in Europe, in addition to Art In Fiction (www.artinfiction.com), a website listing over 1,200 authors of novels inspired by the arts. Listen to Carol interview authors and talk about writing on the Art In Fiction Podcast available wherever you get your podcasts.