Welcome New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki! Author of "Sisi: Empress on Her Own" (Dial Press $28.00) Friday May 6 at 6:00 p.m. Register at Lake Forest Book Store at 847-234-4420 "Pataki continues her account of the life of Empress Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (The Accidental Empress), exploring the tensions between demands of Habsburg protocol and desire for autonomy. Readers of Pataki's first book will want to know the rest of Sisi's story, but this novel stands on its own for historical fiction fans." - Library Journal Allison Pataki is the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor's Wife and The Accidental Empress. The daughter of former New York State Governor George E. Pataki, Allison is a regular contributor to Huffington Post and FoxNews.com. Allison lives in Chicago with her husband.