Roxanne Veletzos

Eric Lindstrom

About The Author

Roxanne Veletzos was born in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to California with her family as a young teen. Already fluent in English and French, she began writing short stories about growing up in her native Eastern Europe, at first as a cathartic experience as she transitioned to a new culture. With a bachelor’s degree in journalism, she has worked as an editor, content writer, and marketing manager for a number of Fortune 500 companies. Her debut novel, published in multiple languages, is an international bestseller. Roxanne lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Books by Roxanne Veletzos

When the Summer Was Ours
By Roxanne Veletzos
In war-torn Hungary, an aristocratic young woman and a Romani musician risk everything for a forbidden love that society refuses to accept. Torn apart by violence, war, and revolution, they spend decades haunted by a passion powerful enough to change the course of their lives forever.
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The Girl They Left Behind
By Roxanne Veletzos
Inspired by the author’s true family story of survival during the Second World War, Natalia’s story is an unforgettable portrait of the triumph of the human spirit.

‘In anguish and despair we release this child into the hands of God, with hope and faith that she may be saved....
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