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name: Samantha Seiple
about: Samantha Seiple’s latest book is  Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War  (Seal Press), the first narrative nonfiction book focusing on the least-known aspect of Louisa May Alcott's career – her time spent as a nurse during the Civil War. Though her service was brief, the dramatic experience was one that she considered pivotal in helping her write the beloved classic  Little Women. It also deeply affected her tenuous relationship with her father and solidified her commitment to human rights. Louisa on the Front Lines  has been praised as “Lively, well-researched… engaging and informative… Alcott herself would have marveled at how Seiple's biographical and historical account reads like a novel!” by leading Alcott schol Samantha Seiple’s latest book is  Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War  (Seal Press), the first narrative nonfiction book focusing on the least-known aspect of Louisa May Alcott's career – her time spent as a nurse during the Civil War. Though her service was brief, the dramatic experience was one that she considered pivotal in helping her write the beloved classic  Little Women. It also deeply affected her tenuous relationship with her father and solidified her commitment to human rights. Louisa on the Front Lines  has been praised as “Lively, well-researched… engaging and informative… Alcott herself would have marveled at how Seiple's biographical and historical account reads like a novel!” by leading Alcott scholar Daniel Shealy, co-editor of The Journals of Louisa May Alcott and The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott.Seiple enjoys uncovering forgotten and little-known aspects of history and meticulously crafting the factual story to read like a novel.  Louisa on the Front Lines  is her first biographical account for the adult audience. Her previous narrative nonfiction books for young adults include  Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska’s WWII Invasion, a YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Nominee and a Junior Library Guild Selection;  Lincoln’s Spymaster: America’s First Private Eye, a Junior Library Guild Selection;  Byrd &amp; Igloo: A Polar Adventure; and  Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Amazon Adventure, a Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Gold Award winner.Seiple lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, Todd, and tiny toy poodle, Lucy. ...more