Originally from Florida, Chanel Cleeton grew up on stories of her family's exodus from Cuba following the events of the Cuban Revolution. Her passion for politics and history continued during her years spent studying in England, where she earned a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Richmond, The American International University in London, and a master's degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chanel also received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY BERKLEY FEATURING CHANEL CLEETON: Author Chanel Cleeton talks about the inspiration behind their new novel The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba: https://youtu.be/pnJ-Zb4V1cEA HOMEGROWN STAR: Chanel was Berkley's original "pivot" and has been our bestselling historical novelist in trade paperback history ever sinceREESE APPROVED: Next Year in Havana was Reese Witherspoon's July 2018 book club pick; Chanel continues to receive support and promotion from Hello Sunshine, including their recent release of an exclusive look at her upcoming 2020 title, The Last Train to Key WestNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: When We Left Cuba hit the New York Times list at #13OVERLOOKED STORY OF A CUBAN HEROINE: The once-famous, legendary life of Evangelina Cisneros, "the most beautiful girl in Cuba" will fascinate history fansTHE FUTURE IS BRIGHT: We own more historical novels from Chanel

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An exciting and inspiring read that shows us how womanhood, courage and revolution are three words that often mean the same thing. NPR

At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's captivating new novel inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman Evangelina Cisneros who changed the course of history.

A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a job at Hearst's newspaper in 1896, she s caught in a cutthroat world where one scoop can make or break your career, but it s a story emerging from Cuba that changes her life.

Unjustly imprisoned in a notorious Havana women's jail, eighteen-year-old Evangelina Cisneros dreams of a Cuba free from Spanish oppression. When Hearst learns of her plight and splashes her image on the front page of his paper, proclaiming her, "The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba," she becomes a rallying cry for American intervention in the battle for Cuban independence.  

With the help of Marina Perez, a courier secretly working for the Cuban revolutionaries in Havana, Grace and Hearst's staff attempt to free Evangelina. But when Cuban civilians are forced into reconcentration camps and the explosion of the USS Maine propels the United States and Spain toward war, the three women must risk everything in their fight for freedom.