About Victoria Giraud

Victoria Giraud was born in Danville, Virginia, but didn't stay there long. As the daughter of an Army officer, she was on her way to Germany by the age of 4. She lived in several towns in Germany (Heidelberg, Mannheim & Frankfurt) and exotic places like Tripoli, Libya, as well as various states from New York to California. Reading and expressing herself by writing has intrigued her since she was the ripe old age of ten. Before writing her historical fiction, Melaynie's Masquerade, a screenplay about Sir Francis Drake, and various long "short" stories--Weird Dates & Strange Fates, Pink Glasses, An Army Brat in Libya, Colonels Don't Apologize and Angeles in Uniform, Victoria was a Southern California journalist and magazine writer/editor. Journalism is fun, especially when interviewing famous people like Barbara Eden (she wore pants that showed her belly button), Bob Hope and Olympic star Rafer Johnson, and working at the Beverly Hills Country Club, but creative writing is the most satisfying. Helping new authors kick-start their books is also her passion and she's edited over 90 books--including co-writing Hong Kong native Wendy Wong's When the Phoenix Rises. She's the proud mother of a son and daughter, who are her greatest fans. As she tells new authors, friends, and her kids--Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Victoria writes a blog twice weekly about her adventures in writing, traveling and growing up as an Army brat -- www.victoria4edit.com/blog.