Franca Pelaccia lives in Toronto, Canada, where by day she teaches and by night she writes. Under the pseudonym of Kirsten Paul, Franca has written two romantic comedies, entitled The Hockey Player & the Angel and The Detective & the Burglar. She had also written an action/adventure/mystery novel entitled Moses & Mac, which is the first book of the Vatican Archaeological Service series and soon to be published. The second book is tentatively entitled Mac & the Crusaders. Writing as Francesca Pelaccia, Franca self-published The Witch’s Salvation, a historical paranormal novel, which won the Beck Valley Reviewers’ Choice Award for 2013. An avid reader, Franca reviews novels for the Historical Novels Society.