Join us for a captivating conversation wit h historical fiction writer Kate Quinn as she discusses her newest release \, The Diamond Eye\, and her other works. Quinn is the author of several N ew York Times bestsellers\, including The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, a nd The Rose Code.
\nQuinn&rsquo\;s latest book\, The Diamond Eye\, o ffers an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes h istory&rsquo\;s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. \;
\nIn 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv)\, wry and b ookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her libr ary job and her young son - but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia se nds her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight\, Mi la must forge herself from studious young woman to deadly sniper - a letha l hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth ki ll makes her a national heroine\, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.< /p>\n
Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss\, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington\, DC - u ntil an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an eve n more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibi lity of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces wit h a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows\, Lady Death finds herself battl ing her own demons\, and enemy bullets\, in the deadliest duel of her life .
\nBased on a true story\, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of h eroism born of desperation\, of a woman and mother who became a soldier an d who found her place in the world that changed the course of history fore ver.
\nAbout the Author: Kate Quinn is a New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. \; She is a native of Southern Californi a\, and she attended Boston University\, where she earned bachelor's and m aster's degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has writ ten four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Itali an Renaissance before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, and The Rose Code. She and her husband now live in Seattle with their rescue dogs.
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