Melissa Kaplan

Melissa Kaplan lives in Washington, DC, where she works as an advocate on food security and hunger policy. She studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a master's degree in comparative politics with a focus on Europe. She has been a passionate student of history her entire life, particularly the World War II era, which helped inspire her to write this book. Kaplan is also an avid traveler who has visited more than forty countries, enjoys yoga and barre classes,...See more

Melissa Kaplan lives in Washington, DC, where she works as an advocate on food security and hunger policy. She studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a master's degree in comparative politics with a focus on Europe. She has been a passionate student of history her entire life, particularly the World War II era, which helped inspire her to write this book. Kaplan is also an avid traveler who has visited more than forty countries, enjoys yoga and barre classes, and is currently working on her second novel. See less