Janet McGiffin started out her series-writing career with three mystery novels published by Fawcett in New York and moved on to writing historical fiction after becoming fascinated with Byzantine history while living in Greece. Her work as a press officer for the Washington state Senate and teaching business English to foreign business executives at Berlitz in Manhattan contributed to the depth of her historical fiction as well as her talks and workshops. The Empress Irini series began as one book which grew until it was had to be divided into four. Come hear her story!