About the blog:

“Quid Plura?” is Latin for “What more can I say?”

About the person behind it:

I grew up in a Central New Jersey town known for two Supreme Court cases and the nation’s only cat leash law. My family now lives in Louisiana. I live in Washington, D.C.

I went to college in Delaware and attended grad school in New Hampshire and D.C.

I’m the author of the book Becoming Charlemagne, which was published in 2006 by HarperCollins. I’ve also written a biography of Charlemagne for middle-school kids, three chapters for a National Geographic travel book, short entries for reference encyclopedias, and freelance articles about such subjects as the online sale of saints’ relics. (I also recently translated a medieval romance about Charlemagne; preview and order a copy here.) I pay the bills by working as an editor, proofreader, and fact-checker; in the past decade, I’ve cranked out nearly a million words of uncredited copywriting.

Since 1999, I’ve taught medieval literature for the University of Maryland University College. My classes meet at the Shady Grove and College Park campuses, and my students are highly motivated adult undergraduates.

These days, most of my work as a writer and teacher is about introducing the medieval world to people who might not otherwise encounter it. That’s what this blog is about, too.

You can receive notice when this blog is updated via the “Quid Plura?” Twitter feed.

The official country singer of “Quid Plura?” is Roger Miller.

The official rhizome of “Quid Plura?” is galangal.

Contact:

jeffsypeck -at- gmail dot com