by Denise B. Tanaka (Author)
Chilean heiress Blanca Erraazuriz gunned down her ex-husband John de Saulles in front of several witnesses on August 3, 1917. As the former football star lay bleeding on the porch of his Long Island home, she handed her empty gun to the sheriff. "I hope he dies," she calmly confessed. The murder shocked the nation, bumping World War I from the newspaper headlines. Her trial whipped up a frenzy of public sympathy for a young mother driven to desperation by a cheating husband. When a jury of middle-aged men declared her not guilty, she strolled out of court a free woman and regained full custody of her young son.
Author Biography
Denise B. Tanaka works by day as a paralegal in the challenging field of U.S. immigration law. She is also an avid researcher of history and genealogy, the author of several short stories and fantasy novels, and an award-winning costumer. Her Diana Prince/Wonder Woman live-spin transformation won Honorable Mention in the journeyman category at the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington. A resident of the western United States, she shares her life with a husband from Japan and two daughters who are her inspiration. Twitter: @DeniseBTanaka