HELENA P. SCHRADER:  
HISTORIAN, NOVELIST AND DIPLOMAT

Helena P. Schrader obtained a BA in History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and followed this with a MA in Diplomacy and International Commerce from the University of Kentucky, Lexington.  She earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg with a ground-breaking biography of the German Resistance leader General Friedrich Olbricht.

In addition to publishing various articles including three in the leading academic journal on ancient Sparta: "Sparta: Journal of Ancient Spartan and Greek History," she has published four non-fiction works of history: General Friedrich Olbircht: Ein Man des 20. Juli, Sisters in Arms: British and American Women Pilots During World War II , The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift , and Codename Valkyrie: General Friedrich Olbricht and the Plot Against Hitler .   She has also published nine historical novels, three of which have received literary awards.   The three novels set in archaic Sparta ( Are They Singing in Sparta? , Spartan Slave, Spartan Queen , and The Olympic Charioteer ) were well received by reviewers.   

Schrader worked for consulting firms in Washington, DC, for the German Privatization Agency (Treuhandanstalt), and as an Investor Relations Manager for a German bank and a German venture capital fund, before joining the U.S. Foreign Service.  She is now a career diplomat.  She won recognition in the Department of State for her reporting, and in June 2010 she was awarded the "Dr. Bernard LaFayette Lifetime Achievement Award for Promoting the Institutionalization of Nonviolence Ideals in Nigeria" by the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria.

She has lived on five continents and speaks three languages fluently.  She owns property in what was once Lacedaemon, which she visits regularly and where she intends to retire.

Helena is currently writing a three-part biographical novel of Leonidas and Gorgo. Book I, A Boy of the Agoge, and Book II, A Peerless Peer , are finished and available for purchase from any online retailer.  Book III, A Heroic King, is scheduled for release in late 2012.  She has a web site focusing on the life of Leonidas and Gorgo, and these novels:

Leonidas and Gorgo of Sparta

Be sure to visit Helena's other sites to read informative articles and discover many of her other excellent books, both fiction and non fiction:

Helena Schrader, Author: WWII, Women Pilots, Templars, Sparta, Medieval

German Resistance Plots Against Hitler - Valkyrie Conspiracy

You can keep up with all of Helena's historical fiction endeavors and musings on her author blog:

Schrader's Historical Fiction

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