Catherine Reef es una prolífica autora de más de 35 libros de no ficción para jóvenes lectores. Su obra es célebre por dar vida a figuras biográficas de manera cautivadora, haciendo que personajes complejos sean accesibles para una audiencia más joven. Reef se enfoca en explorar momentos cruciales en la vida de sus sujetos y su impacto duradero en el mundo.
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