Joanna Margaret holds a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and a BA in French and History from Columbia University. She has studied and taught in France and Italy. She has lived in France and Italy, and speaks fluent French and Italian. In 2019, she received her MFA in Creative Writing from NYU. She lives and writes in New York City. The Bequest is her first novel.
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Reeling from the dual deaths of her estranged father and ex-fiancé, Genevieve Tompkins has dropped out of her PhD program in New York City and is looking for a chance to start over in Wilton Springs, a faded Victorian spa town in upstate New York. Ut... SEE MORE