Sophie Cook was born in Hun­gary. Her fam­i­ly sur­vived the Holo­caust and came to the Unit­ed States in 1951. She is a grad­u­ate of Rad­cliffe Col­lege, Colum­bia Law School, and Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty. Before her retire­ment this year, Sophie worked as an attor­ney for fed­er­al agen­cies, a medi­a­tor, and a man­ag­er for non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions. Anna & Eliz­a­beth is her first novel.