
Marie Benedict is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A lawyer with over a decade of experience at premier law firms, she graduated magna cum laude from Boston College and earned her law degree from Boston University School of Law. Benedict specializes in writing about extraordinary women who have been marginalized or forgotten by history. Her novels illuminate the contributions of remarkable women including Mileva Marić (Einstein's first wife), Hedy Lamarr, Clementine Churchill, Belle da Costa Greene, Agatha Christie, and Rosalind Franklin. Her meticulously researched books bring these pioneering women to life.