Anna Rasche

Anna Rasche is a historian and gemologist who has previously worked in the jewelry collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is a member of the teaching faculty at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and has a master’s degree in the history of design.

The Stone Witch of Florence is Anna’s debut novel, and is based on original research she conducted on the uses of gemstones in medieval medicine at the Cooper Hewitt Museum and on site in Italy.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, daughter, and two cats.