Alyson Richman is the author of the nationally bestselling novel, The Lost Wife, as well as three other historical novels: The Mask Carver’s Son, The Rhythm of Memory, and The Last Van Gogh. As of next year, her novels will be published in more than fifteen languages. The daughter of an abstract painter and an engineer, her novels are known for weaving art with extensive historical research. The Lost Wife was awarded the 2012 Long Island Reads selection, a community-wide initiative to promote reading and discussion of one book and was recognized by the Jewish Journal of Books as one of the best books of 2012. Ms. Richman is a graduate of Wellesley College and a former Thomas J. Watson Fellow. She lives with her husband and children in Long Island. Her next novel, The Garden of Letters, about a cellist who becomes involved in the Italian Resistance during WWII will be published in 2014.