{"title":"Kelsey James","description":"Kelsey James is a historical fiction author and content marketer whose work has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler,  Insider, ABC News, and The Huffington Post, among other outlets. Her novels include The Colony of Lost Souls, Secrets of Rose Briar Hall, and The Woman in the Castello,  an Indie Next Pick and a LibraryReads selection. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, she is an alumna of Dartmouth College and now lives with her family outside New York City. 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