Laura Hartmann Maestro is the artist who does the endpaper maps for the Wilderness novels. I have to say that just looking at the maps as she develops them makes me truly happy. It’s better than a movie, for me. Here’s the final draft of the map for Fire Along the Sky. If you study it, you might get an idea of some of what happens in the novel.
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You've stumbled across my official website and landed on the front page of my weblog.My name is Rosina Lippi. I'm a former academic and tenured university professor, writing full time since 2000. Under the pen name Sara Donati I am the author of the Wilderness series, six historical novels that follow the fortunes of a group of families living in upstate New York from about 1792-1825. A new series based on later generations of the same families was launched September 1, 2015 with The Gilded Hour. The next volume in the new series, Where the Light Enters, was released in 2019.
Please see the pinned post for an overview of what you'll find on this weblog, and what has been moved to the wiki (including the FAQ page).