Dr. Peg Lamphier teaches Interdisciplinary General Education (IGE) at Cal Poly Pomona, as well as American History and Women's History at Mount San Antonio Community College. Her non-fiction books include Kate Chase and William Sprague: Gender and Politics in a Civil War Marriage (2003), Spur up Your Pegasus: The Family Letters of Salmon, Kate and Nettie Chase (2009), Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection (2017) and The Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation (forthcoming) both of which she co-edited with her Cal Poly Pomona and IGE colleague Rosanne Welch. Peg's novels include The Lincoln Special (2017) and The Great Show (2017), both part of the Kate Warne Civil War Spy Series, as well as Deadly Delights & Vampires: The Perils of Petronella Crabtree (2017) and Soldier, Diplomat and Archaeologist: The Bold Life of Louis Cesnola (forthcoming). Peg lives in the mountains with a plethora of dogs, cats, chickens, tortoises, one husband and a collection of vintage ukuleles. For more about Peg, including her blog, see www.peglamphier.com