About the author

Michelle Cox

Michelle Cox has always been obsessed with stories of the past and has spent a lifetime collecting them.&nbsp; She is the award-winning author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, and The Merriweather Novels. &nbsp;Cox also pens the wildly popular,&nbsp;“Novel Notes of Local Lore,”&nbsp;a weekly blog chronicling the lives of Chicago’s forgotten residents.<br>​​​​​​​<br>She lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her husband, an assortment of children who continually leave and then come back, and one naughty Goldendoodle.&nbsp; Unbeknownst to most, she&nbsp;hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, in love with both Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart.&nbsp; Likewise, she is happily addicted to period dramas and big band music.&nbsp; Also marmalade.