continued about the author lia garret is the not-so-secret pen name of dee garretson , an author of childrens fiction and adult historical suspense find out more about her at http : //deegarretson.com , and read the opening pages of the gargoyle in the seine below the description : art student clary ashton cant imagine a more perfect spot to study painting than paris in the spring of 1878 , until she witnesses a body thrown into the seine , the body of liam heaton , another art student whose claims to be without money or family never rang true .