Tilar J. Mazzeo is the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestselling author of books that include The Widow Clicquot, The Secret of Chanel No. 5, and Hotel on the Place Vendôme. She also writes on food and wine for the mainstream press, and her work has appeared in venues such as Food & Wine and in her Back-Lane Wineries guidebook series (Ten Speed Press). Her course on creative nonfiction (Great Courses), featured as in-flight viewing content on Virgin America airlines, is widely distributed and has made her a nationally prominent teacher of writing in nonfiction genres. The Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, she divides her time among coastal Maine, New York City, and Saanichton, British Columbia, where she lives with her husband and stepchildren.
“In Tilar J. Mazeo's vivid, compelling, and unputdownable new
biography, Eliza Hamilton finally takes her place in the pantheon
of remarkable American women who, no less than the men they loved,
built this nation.”
*—Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author*
"Tilar Mazzeo brings Eliza Hamilton to life in this first ever
comprehensive biography of a woman who is known solely for the man
she married but whose courage and generosity are revealed here.
Fast-paced and reads like a novel."
*—Kate Andersen Brower, New York Times bestselling author of First
Women*
“Tilar Mazzeo has made me fall in love with the enchanting, but
refreshingly real Eliza Hamilton. An important portrait of a woman
as intriguingly complicated and now as deservedly memorable as her
husband.”
*—Stacy Horn, author of Dalmatian Island*
“Drawing from an impressive breadth of sources… this is an expertly
told story that’s certain to captivate Hamilton fans and intrigue
anyone interested in early U.S. history.”
*—Publishers Weekly*
"Mazzeo's Eliza appears stoic, loyal, and canny."
*—Kirkus*
"Tilar Mazzeo has given us the profound gift of getting to know
more fully the extraordinary woman whose legacy we are honored to
carry forward today. Eliza Hamilton inspires!"
*—Jess Dannhauser, president and CEO of Graham Windham*
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