07/22/2026
-Historical Fiction –
Thirteen hundred years after her death, Saint Cecilia’s body is exhumed from her grave and young artist Stefano Maderno is commissioned by the pope to sculpt her likeness.
In this gripping tale of passion and agony, two lives separated by centuries are united in their search for purity and purpose. Lori Joan Swick’s The Sculptor and the Saint speaks of a history only ever written in stone.
Lori’s website: www.lorijoanswick.com