Mary Fleming was born in Chicago and has lived in France for many years. After working as a journalist and consultant, she turned to fiction and has written two other novels, Someone Else and The Art of Regret. Her new novel, Civilisation Française, comes out from Heliotrope Books in July. Her bi-weekly photo-essay, A Paris-Perche Diary (https://mf.ghost.io/), tracks her city and country (Normandy) life.