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"Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history -- bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable -- and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it's hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has found a heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination." -- Paula McLain, author of Love and Ruin and The Paris WifeFrom the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fianc, and the adventure that ensues.In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fianc, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa.
About the Author
I've written True Raiders (St. Martin's, 2021) , Olive the Lionheart (St. Martin's, 2020) , the Edgar Award-nominated Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (St. Martin's, 2017) , and Super Boys (St. Martin's, 2013) , the winner of the Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction. I won the St. Lawrence Book Award for American Mastodon (Black Lawrence Press, 2011) and also made a movie, Last Son, that won a 2010 Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas Film Festival. I've written for The Beat, Belt, Book Riot, Narratively, History Extra, and the official Star Wars website. I've been in documentaries on the History Channel, AMC, and have been a guest on Criminal, All Things Considered, BBC radio, and Innovation Hub, among others. I was born in a suburb of Cleveland and sometimes teach at Case Western Reserve University, where I earned a Ph.D. in English. I now live in Shaker Heights (still Cleveland) with Caroline and our three boys.For more, visit brad-ricca.com
