ELIZABETH R HERR lives in a house surrounded by trees in the mountains of Mount Vernon, Washington, like a hermit. She decided to become an author in elementary school and has been writing relentle...view moreELIZABETH R HERR lives in a house surrounded by trees in the mountains of Mount Vernon, Washington, like a hermit. She decided to become an author in elementary school and has been writing relentlessly since she was twelve, taking notes on whatever is close at hand from homework to plastic coffee lids. Trying to challenge herself, Elizabeth chose to write The Lee Side with an initial time limit of two weeks. She succeeded. As a writing machine, she has plans for many more books to come—namely written on scraps of paper in an overflowing drawer she calls the ‘Labyrinth’.view less