Stephanie Cowell has been an opera singer, balladeer, founder of Strawberry Opera and an outdoor performance series in NYC. She is the author of Nicholas Cooke, The Physician of London, The Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare, Marrying Mozart, Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet and The Boy in the Rain. Her work has been translated into several languages, optioned for film, and adapted into an opera. Stephanie has been awarded an American Book Award.