Sue Eisen­feld is a lit­er­ary-non­fic­tion writer who weaves togeth­er his­to­ry, nature, travel/​adventure, cul­ture, and per­son­al sto­ries. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The For­ward, Wash­ing­ton­ian, and many oth­er pub­li­ca­tions, and her essays have been list­ed five times among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best Amer­i­can Essays. Orig­i­nal­ly from Philadel­phia, she has lived in Vir­ginia for near­ly 30 years.