Diane E. Foulds has spent almost a decade researching 17th-century Massachusetts. She is the author of three books: VERMONT: An Explorer's Guide (Countryman Press/Norton, 2004, 2009), CURIOUS NEW ENGLAND (University Press of New England, 2003, 2005; Bookscan RTD 6863 across both editions), and A GUIDE TO CZECH & SLOVAK GLASS (European Community Imports, Prague, 1993, 1995). She has worked as a foreign correspondent and White House reporter, lived in five European countries, and written extensively on New England topics for the Boston Globe. Her articles have appeared in UPI, The Washington Post, Yankee magazine, and numerous other publications, and she also has on-camera interview experience. She is a tenth-generation descendent of one hanged in Salem in 1692.