Katrina Nowak is an Indie author who specializes in historical fiction. She studied European History at the University of Rochester and Russian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her academic research includes twentieth century European conflict and political transitions. She is an officer in the United States Navy and a former faculty member at the National Defense University where she designed and published academic wargames. She is a wife of one and a mom of three, and in her spare time, an avid runner. In 2017, she founded Scribble & Sparks Bookworks (www.scribbleandspark.com) as an independent press.