Victoria Griffith is the author of the award winning non-fiction
picture book `The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto
Santos-Dumont’, which won numerous awards, including the
prestigious `Parents’ Choice’.
Before becoming a full-time author, Victoria spent twenty years as
an international journalist, fifteen of which were as a foreign
correspondent for the UK’s Financial Times. During that time, in
which she served as the newspaper’s US science correspondent,
followed by a stint as its’ representative in Brazil, she covered a
wide range of topics, including architecture, space exploration,
the human genome, the growth of the Internet, and Brazil’s Yanomami
Indians. Environmental issues also featured and she spent some time
in the Amazon rain forest. She even managed to fit in some
children’s book reviews.
Victoria currently resides in Boston with her husband and three
daughters.
Victoria Griffith’s debut novel is a triumph! Amazon Burning is a
spellbinding tale of love, intrigue, and murder set in the
imperiled Amazon rainforest. A young woman’s coming of age story is
deftly woven into this vast ecological conflict, as indigenous
tribes struggle to defend their land against the loggers, ranchers,
and miners who are destroying it. A nonstop thrill ride that will
leave you wanting more.
*Courtney Farrell*
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