*Hawkins, Rachel: -Rachel Hawkinsis the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, Reckless Girls, The Villa , and * The Heiress, as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literatu...

*Hawkins, Rachel: -Rachel Hawkinsis the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, Reckless Girls, The Villa , and * The Heiress, as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama.