About the Author

Dorothy Downs is an art historian, author, artist who has worked in Miami museums and art galleries. She has published three nonfiction books and numerous articles on Native American art. She has also written and illustrated and historical children's book about the Everglades in the 1920s. Her newest fictional work is Her Soldier of the Queen, a novel of empowerment, love, loss and unusual adventure. The story takes place in Scotland, Ireland, England, the Falkland Islands, and Miami.