Agnes Schipper is the daughter of a hidden child and a member of the Dutch Resistance who helped save her mother from the Holocaust. Born in New York City, Agnes was raised as a Catholic, the faith of her parents, and first learned about her mother’s hidden Jewish ancestry when she was 20. Agnes had a career as a newspaper reporter and editor and later as an attorney. Retirement allowed her the time to research and write about her parents’ remarkable story. The mother of four and grandmother of five, Agnes lives in Sarasota, Florida.