M. M. McAllen writes about the history of the Southwest and Mexico. Her other books include I WOULD RATHER SLEEP IN TEXAS: A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, depicting the blending cultures against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and border upheavals; and A BRAVE BOY AND A GOOD SOLDIER: John C. C. Hill and the Texas Expedition to Mier,  the 1842 biography of 13-year-old Texan John C. C. Hill, captured in battle and adopted by Antonio López de Santa Anna.

McAllen regularly provides information for television documentaries filmed by BBC, PBS, and local and public stations in Texas, and she has written numerous articles for magazines and journals. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Books by M. M. McAllen

Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico

by M. M. McAllen - History, Nonfiction

In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, MAXIMILIAN AND CARLOTA brings the dramatic and tragic story of this six-year-siege to life.