Catherine Reef est une auteure accomplie de plus de 35 livres documentaires destinés aux jeunes lecteurs. Son travail est reconnu pour donner vie à des personnalités biographiques de manière engageante, rendant des figures complexes accessibles à un public plus jeune. Reef se concentre sur l'exploration des moments décisifs dans la vie de ses sujets et de leur impact durable sur le monde.
A tantalizing biography for teens on Sarah Bernhardt, the first international celebrity and one of the greatest actors of all time, who lived a highly unconventional, utterly fascinating life. Illustrated with more than sixty- five photos of Bernhardt on stage, in film, and in real life.
"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"-- A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses the creation of Shelley's story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life, detailing her life both before and after the publication of this iconic masterpiece. -- adapted from amazon.com