• Richman's novel The Lost Wife (Berkley, 2012) is one of Berkley's most successful women's fiction titles.
• Inspired by a true story of a Paris apartment abandoned for decades, only to be discovered full of priceless treasures.
• Richman has already made a name for herself writing about WWII.
• Richman combines elegant prose, historically accurate nuance, and sensitivity for her character's psyches.
• The story of a famous courtesan who escaped poverty and used her life story to educate her granddaughter during WWII.