Aileen G. Baron taught archaeology at California State University, Fullerton, and conducted extensive archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East. She is currently the president of the Orange Count...view moreAileen G. Baron taught archaeology at California State University, Fullerton, and conducted extensive archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East. She is currently the president of the Orange County chapter of Sisters in Crime. Her mysteries in the Lily Sampson series, feature an American archaeologist working in the Middle East during World War II. The latest in the series are THE SCORPION’S BITE and THE TORCH OF TANGER. THE GOLD OF THRACE is a contemporary mystery, the first of a series about the intrigue and deceit in the antiquities trade, and features archaeologist Tamar Saticoy.view less