Madeleine Robins is the author of  the Sarah Tolerance mystery series: Point of Honour, Petty Treason, The Sleeping Partner, and The Doxies Penalty.  She’s also the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Stone War, a dark fantasy set in New York City; five Regency romances; Sold for Endless Rue, a historical novel set in medieval Italy; many short stories; and is one of six authors on Whitehall. A fan of cities, infrastructure, medical history, and baking, Madeleine lives in San Francisco, and owns more baking paraphernalia than a sane person should admit to.