Eliza Cross is the author of six books, including the bestselling 101 Things To Do With Bacon (Gibbs Smith). Her articles have appeared in Sunset, Parents, Mountain Living, Western Art & Architecture and Mother Earth Living. She blogs about simplicity, sustainability, good food, organic gardening and personal finance at HappySimpleLiving.com and is the founder of the bacon enthusiast society BENSA. Eliza lives in Centennial, Colorado with her family.