About the Author
Hilary Liftin grew up in Washington, D.C. A 1991 graduate of Yale University, she has worked in the publishing industry for a decade. She is the coauthor of Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean , a book of letters she exchanged with a friend. She lives with her husband, Chris Harris, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and/or Los Angeles.