Irene M. Drago

Irene M. Drago resides in Bath, Maine, the City of Ships. She is the award-winning author of four historical novels, Daughters of Long Reach, The Maine Point, Lavinia Wren and the Sailmakers, and Irish Timber. She also speaks three languages. During the Cold War, she honed her Russian skills by working for the DOD. Later, she taught Spanish at the high school and college level in Chicago. Irene Murtagh Drago learned how to tell sea stories from her father, a chief petty officer who served on U.S. Navy ships from 1940 to 1980. Her paternal grandparents were born in Ireland, immigrating to America by way of Ellis Island when they were young adults. Her maternal grandparents were the children of Irish immigrants who crossed an ocean to escape the Great Hunger. Their voices bring a lilt to her most recent novel, IRISH TIMBER, an intriguing tale steeped in history, love and espionage.