Pronin, Barbara: - Barbara Pronin is the author of seven mystery novels, including three as Barbara Nickolae, and two non-fiction books. When a short article about women of the Dutch resistance in WW II caught her eye, the character of Evi Strobel moved into her head and refused to leave until she told her story. A former Brooklynite who loves dark chocolate, Greek sunsets, and the L.A. (nee Brooklyn) Dodgers, Barbara lives and works in Orange County, California, where, when she isn't writing fiction, she struggles at her spinet piano and writes about real estate.