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About Me:

I'm Italian and currently live close to Washington DC.
I moved from Heidelberg, Germany to the US in 2005.
After several years working as an Italian instructor and financial translator from German and English, I now teach Italian language and culture at George Mason University.
I'm very interested in the social and cultural history of Renaissance and Baroque Italy.
My research focuses, in particular, on everyday life in 16th and 17th-century Naples.
I enjoy reading historical fiction and I'm presently working on a contemporary novel set in Naples.

Favourite Books

Diana Gabaldon, the Outlander series
Ken Follett, Pillars of the Earth
Sarah Dunant, In the Company of the Courtesan
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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At 7:35am on February 8, 2008, Rita Gerlach said…: I grew up outside of D.C. and live in western Maryland now.
What craziness is the Beltway!

At 10:24am on January 6, 2008, Bess McBride said…: Hey, Laura! Thanks for asking about the book. It's my first romance time travel, nothing too daring. My heroine, an instructor of women's studies, travels in time from modern day to 1900 on a train from Chicago to Seattle. I seem to have some sort of interest in the late Victorian era, turn of the century, changes in women's life, etc.

Bess McBride

At 9:19pm on January 4, 2008, Sandie Hudson said…: Hi Laura
Thanks for adding me to your friends list. Have a great weekend.
hugs
Sandie

At 1:50pm on January 4, 2008, Miss Mae said…: Hi Laura,

It's great to meet you. Hope you're having a good week.

MM

At 4:46pm on January 3, 2008, Bess McBride said…: Thanks for adding me, Laura. I look forward to keeping in touch on the Historical Fiction network!

Bess McBride
www.bessmcbride.com

At 4:54pm on January 2, 2008, Anne Whitfield said…: Hi Laura.

Welcome to the network.

Wishing you a wonderful 2008!

At 3:14am on January 1, 2008, Laura Vinti said…: Hi Jacquie,
Thanks, and a wonderful New Year to you too!
Laura

At 4:51pm on December 31, 2007, Jacquie Rogers said…: Hello, Laura. What an interesting life you lead!

At 1:51pm on December 30, 2007, Margaret Tanner said…: Hi Laura,
Nice to hear from you. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
Margaret Tanner