LaViolette, S. M.: - S.M. LaViolette is the pen name of Minerva Spencer. Minerva's author bio will tell you she has been a criminal prosecutor, college history teacher, and B&B operator. What it doesn't tell you is she also worked as a dock worker, ice cream manufacturer, reader for the blind, motel maid, and bounty hunter. Okay, so the part about being a bounty hunter is a lie. Minerva does, however, know how to hypnotize a Dungeness crab, sew her own Regency Era clothing, knit a frog hat, juggle, rebuild a 1959 American Rambler, and gain control of Asia (and hold on to it) in the game of RISK. Minerva writes historical romance, S.M. writes historical romance & historical erotic romance, and S.M. Goodwin (yes, a third pen name!) writes historical mystery. Read more at: www.MinervaSpencer.com