Beth Marino graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history and literature, and she has an MA in American Studies from the University of Iowa. Beth is a writer and editor and an avid reader of great fiction, with a soft spot for crime novels and an aversion to sci-fi and all things dystopian (on the page and in life). She taught English in Chicago Public Schools for four years. She lives in Chicago with her husband, their three children, and way too many books.