French born and educated, Evelyne Resnick holds a Ph.D in cultural studies from the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She shared her time and career between teaching at UCLA and various universities in Europe, managing an international communication agency in Paris and writing books and articles in French and in English. Her favorite ones (an author can play favorites with books) are her biography of Leonard Bernstein, her book on wine history and business and, of course, the latest one on Empress Eugénie. Several of her books received awards and were translated in different languages.