Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author celebrated for her captivating and meticulously researched non-fiction works, including The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, The Witches: Salem, 1692, Cleopatra: A Life, Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), Saint-Exupéry, and A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. Her books have garnered widespread acclaim, earning her numerous awards, including the George Washington Book Prize, the Ambassador Award in American Studies, and the Gilbert Chinard Prize. Schiff's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other prestigious publications.