About the Author
Martha Southgate has been an editor at
Essence, a reporter for
Premiere and the
New York Daily News, and a contributor to the
New York Times. A graduate of Smith College, she has an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. Author of two acclaimed novels,
The Fall of Rome and
Third Girl from the Left, she has taught at Brooklyn College and the New School and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Find her online at
http://www.marthasouthgate.com.