| Author Notes: |
Award-winning author Virginia Renfro Ellis has written a dozen romance novels under the name of Lyn Ellis, and her literary short stories have been included in collections of modern southern writers. Her books have been translated into ten languages. She is also a founding partner of BelleBooks, a small press devoted to publishing the unique voices of southern women.
Like most native southerners, Virginia has a deep and abiding interest in the Civil War and, like women everywhere, she is fascinated by the war's effect on the wives and families who were left behind. As Virginia herself notes: "As a writer, and as a war widow (my husband died in Vietnam), I am inherently drawn to the quiet tragedies and triumphs of women who lost their men forever. The result is The Wedding Dress ."
|
