CAROLINE WOODS is the author of the historical thrillers The Mesmerist (Doubleday, 2024) and The Lunar Housewife (Doubleday, 2022), as well as the historical novel Fräulein M. (Gallery, 2017). She has taught creative writing at Loyola University Chicago, Boston University, and the Boston Conservatory. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University, where she studied under Leslie Epstein, Ha Jin, and Allegra Goodman. She lives near Chicago with her husband and two daughters.