Marjorie Florestal

MARJORIE FLORESTAL is a former Clinton White House lawyer and tenured law professor. A graduate of NYU law school, Marjorie has lived, traveled or worked in such diverse environments as Macau, France, Senegal, Cape Verde, South Africa and Guatemala. She currently lives in Northern California and is pet mom to five unruly dogs. Her free time is taken up with writing the next installment in the New World Legal Thriller series. Find her at https://marjorieflorestalblog.wordpress.com

My earliest memories are of sitting in my grandmother's courtyard in St. Marc, Haiti, listening to her stories as the wind raged all around us and a fire burned in the center of our circle.

Storytelling was a big part of my life in those early years, but I was only five years old when my family moved to Brooklyn. I thought I had lost those stories forever. I went on to create a life for myself as a law professor and an international trade lawyer, including a stint in the Clinton White House. But, no matter how far I strayed, the stories kept calling me back.

My stories are one part heart-thumping thriller and one part storytelling the way my grandmother would do it--with humor, grace, and Haitian flair. Come, join me by the fire, and I will tell you a story . . .