Johnson Maia, Jeannine: - Jeannine Johnson Maia is the author of two historical novels that take place in Portugal: 'The Filigree Master's Apprentice, ' a story of 19th-century Porto, and 'Rossio Square N.° 59, ' a novel of WWII Lisbon. Before moving to Portugal, Jeannine worked as a journalist in Belgium and Washington, D.C.; served as a press specialist at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels; studied in the United States and Italy; taught English in France; and lived in Cape Verde. She has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in International Relations and a Master's degree in Creative Writing. She lives in Vila Nova de Gaia, near Porto, a city she finds irresistibly photogenic.