Jean M. Roberts is the author of three published novels of historical fiction set in Colonial America, Weave a Web of Witchcraft, Blood in the Valley and The Heron. Blood in the Valley was reviewed by the Historical Novel Society. Her third book, The Heron, is an Historical Fiction/Time Slip novel. The Frowning Madonna is her covid opus, a work of historical fantasy. 2022. Jean is a graduate of The University of St. Thomas, an Air Force Veteran, and lives outside of Houston, Texas with her husband.