Award-winning author Peggy Joque Williams writes historical fiction inspired by her love of genealogy and her deep research into her European, French-Canadian, and Ojibwe ancestors. Her first two solo efforts, Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles and Braving the Dawn: A Novel of New France, imagine a life for her heroine, Sylvienne, unlike anything her own French ancestors likely experienced in France, but very closely reflects the lives of her ancestors living in 17th century Quebec, Canada. A retired elementary school teacher, Peggy earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. She lives with her family in Madison, Wisconsin.