Minerva Taylor

Biography: Judith Windeler, who writes under the name Minerva Taylor, is an American living in London. She has been a freelance writer for twenty years, publishing international travel articles with historical background in magazines and newspapers. The author spent eight years researching Russia’s Revolutionary and Stalinist Periods. Judith lived in New York City for thirteen years, and during this time met many Russian émigrés, including her White Russian neighbor, who provided material and inspiration for the book. She recently has published two children’s books and is writing the third novel of her Russian Trilogy called The Devil’s Tears. The second book of the trilogy, The Blood Archive is soon to be published.