author : Anne LovettAnne Lovett took up writing after trying to avoid her calling for years. She studied her craft on the run, worked free-lance, and has published literary short stories, essays, journalism, poetry, and two novels. Rubies from Burma was named one of the 100 best books of 2017 by Kirkus Reviews, and Saving Miss Lillian was a finalist for the Maggie Award of excellence in the Mainstream Novel with a Central Romance category.