About the Author

Comedian Harmonists

LWC Admin | March 13

The Lighter Side of German Music

When most of us outside Germany think of German music —[…]

Pages of open books

LWC Admin | November 25

The End of the Beginning

In the end, it would always come down to this…I finished[…]

Columbia record label for "Pack Up Your Troubles"

LWC Admin | July 1

Kate’s Songbook: Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, Kate has escaped from Oran after doing something[…]

Aerial view of Dauntsey House from the southeast

LWC Admin | May 27

Dauntsey House, Kate’s ancestral home

Kate DeWitt was born Catherine Gorham in 1903 in Dauntsey House.[…]

Claudette Colbert in Torch Singer (1933)

LWC Admin | April 1

Kate’s Songbook: Chapter 1

Like most well-born girls at the beginning of the 20th century,[…]

Aerial shot of Los Marinos aerodrome outside Barcelona, 1929

LWC Admin | March 25

Why historical fiction is hard: Part 1

(First in a series of occasional rants about how confounding this[…]

Placeholder cover mockup for the KATE DeWITT ADVENTURES

LWC Admin | March 19

Why we’re here

This site is where you can follow my chronicling of the[…]