Mary Jo Ignoffo is an author and historian specializing in California and the West. She has written books and articles, curated historical museum exhibits, has been interviewed for documentary films and for podcasts airing in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. She is the author of Captive of the Labyrinth Sarah L. Winchester Heiress to the Rifle Fortune, La Verdad A Witness to the Salvadoran Martyrs and Gold Rush Politics. Ignoffo holds degrees from Santa Clara University and San Jose State University.