Born in the beautiful city of San Francisco, California, Geraldine D. Villalba lived here until the beginning of the Second World War. She moved with her family to San Carlos, CA, about 30 miles south, where she met her future husband. She has four daughters, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Married for sixty-one years, she and her husband recently relocated to the quaint, but charming little town of Clark Fork, Idaho.

The Implacable Sicilian is her second book. Her first book is entitled Addiu, Bedda Sicilia, Goodbye, Beautiful Sicily.