Catherine Reef è un'affermata autrice di oltre 35 libri di saggistica per giovani lettori. Il suo lavoro è celebrato per aver dato vita a soggetti biografici in modo accattivante, rendendo figure complesse accessibili a un pubblico più giovane. Reef si concentra sull'esplorazione di momenti cruciali nella vita dei suoi soggetti e del loro impatto duraturo sul mondo.
A tantalizing biography for teens on Sarah Bernhardt, the first international celebrity and one of the greatest actors of all time, who lived a highly unconventional, utterly fascinating life. Illustrated with more than sixty- five photos of Bernhardt on stage, in film, and in real life.
"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"-- A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses the creation of Shelley's story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life, detailing her life both before and after the publication of this iconic masterpiece. -- adapted from amazon.com