I was born and raised in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and studied the period in which Arden's Act takes place while obtaining my BA and MA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I now live near Austin, Texas, and am also the author of Crossings: Short Fiction by Elizabeth Thomas; The Circle: A Play in Three Acts; Everyday Romantic Doggerel (poems), and Apologia Diogenes: An Analysis of the Character Diogenes Pendergast in the Fiction of Preston and Child.