Ben Farmer lives in Maryland, where he was born and raised. He graduated from Kenyon College with a degree in history. Since, he has worked as a teacher, an editor, and in a booking agency for musicians. Evangeline is his first novel. http://www.virtuallybenfarmer.com "Ben Farmer brings a legend to life in Evangeline, evoking with grace and panache the travails of the Acadians in mid-eighteenth century America from Nova Scotia to New Orleans. Farmer is a wonderful storyteller, and readers won't soon forget this tale of love and fortitude. Simply riveting."

• Keith Donohue, author of Angels of Destruction and The Stolen Child "Majestic and stately as Conrad Richter's Awakening Land Trilogy, Evangeline is a big book from a big mind."
• Katherine Weber, author of True Confections and Triangle "