Pseudonym of Maria Verbena Volpi. She was born in Rome, Italy but has Italian and US citizenship. After studying archeology at the University La Spienza in Rome, she moved to the USA where she taught at several universities. She is the creator of:
1. 'Martin Bora', an anti-Nazi Wehrmacht officer-investigator during World War II.
2. 'Aelius Spartianus', a Roman soldier and amateur sleuth in the fourth century.
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