Cathleen Medwick, an inveterate New Yorker, lives on a small farm in northern Westchester County. She has worked as a features editor for "Vogue, Vanity Fair, Mirabella," and, most recently, "House & Garden," for which she is now a contributing editor. Her feature articles and book reviews have appeared in the "New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post Magazine, Mirabella, Vogue, House & Garden, Vanity Fair," and "Elle."