Elizabeth M. Rees is a writer and visual artist living in Greenwich Village in New York City. She has published numerous young adult books, including The Wedding, a novel set in fifteenth century Bruges featuring the painter Jan Van Eyck. She is currently working on a series of short stories about the afterlife and is continuing to weave a tale of an often elusive fat fairy named Maeve. For more information, visit Elizabeth at www.reesart.com.