L.J. Green writes historical mystery and adventure fiction for readers who want history to feel lived-in rather than looked at. Her stories follow women who refuse to wait on the sidelines — a sharp-minded Appalachian resort owner tangled in federal espionage in 1911, a Cuban cigar factory girl with a grudge and a dream, a widow in rum-warm Havana who discovers that second chances carry their own dangers. The research is obsessive and joyful. L.J. spends entire afternoons in century-old newspaper archives and FamilySearch.org census records, tracking real occupations, real family structures, and real community details. Many characters in her books are rooted in actual people she found through that digging. The care shows on every page. Her steampunk adventure series, "The Misadventures of Janie and Diane," is currently in development. Think Wild Wild West — but the heroes wear skirts and run the show. L.J. Green believes women have always been at the center of history. Someone just needed to write them there.