C.E.J., writing as Elizabeth Borae, resides in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Besides writing, she also works as a literacy and mathematics tutor, specializing in working with children who have learning challenges. With a B.A. from Rutgers University, majoring in Economics and Art History, she attempts to inject a little business into her stories about relationships and family during a period she loves in art and literature, the 19th century.