Petie Kladstrup

Petie Kladstrup, with her husband Don, is the author of three previous books about the history of France through the prism of wine: Wine & War: the French, the Nazis and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure, published by Broadway Books; Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed over War and Hard Times, William Morrow Books, and Champagne Charlie: the Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne, Potomac Books. In addition, Petie is author of a family memoir: In the Presence of Forever: the Story of the White Dove, and the editor of a guide for overseas-educated students preparing to attend American universities. She is also the author of a soon-to-be-published children's story drawn from the life of Empress Eugénie: Reine, the Turtle Who Guarded the Pyramids. Petie is the recipient of an Overseas Press Club of America Award for international reporting, was a reporter for midwestern newspapers and also served as assistant to the U.S. ambassador to UNESCO.