Elizabeth was published for the first time when she was in the fourth grade, and finished an historical novel at fifteen. After a successful career teaching art in elementary schools and at the St. Louis Art Museum, she began to dabble in writing again. In 1986 she published her first historical romance. Elizabeth still enjoys teaching and is a frequent speaker at community gatherings and writers' conferences around the country. She collects miniature English cottages, enjoys needlework, and has a weakness for antique jewelry. Moon in the Water is her 11th published book.?