Liddy Lindsay has a BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and subsequently studied painting for six years in Perugia, Italy. She has taught decorative painting at Moore College of Art & Design and the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Victorian House Museum in Philadelphia. Her murals can be seen at Winterthur Museum in Delaware and the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Ms. Lindsay's inspiration for this book was her original "OperA-Z" watercolor painting, which has become a bestseller as notecards and Gicl e prints at The Met Opera Shop in New York.