Dawn Patitucci was born in La Grange, Illinois, and still lives in the Chicago area. She is a longtime faculty member at Moraine Valley Community College, where she teaches computer programming and database design. She is a Germanophile, a power-tool-wielding handywoman, and an orange male cat enthusiast. The Queen's Prophet is her debut novel.
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Inspired by Velázquez’s baroque masterpiece, Las Meninas, The Queen’s Prophet is an imagined account of the dwarfess Maribarbola of Spain (featured prominently in Velázquez’s painting) and her struggle for survival and self-determination at a time... SEE MORE