Andrea Pickens is a graduate of Yale University, where she
majored in art and intellectual history. She has a master's
degree in graphic design from the Yale School of Art and
Architecture, and is currently the creative director for
two sporting magazines. A lifelong fan of Jane Austen, Ann
Radcliffe, and the Brontes, she resides with her husband in
Connecticut, where she's working on getting her golf
handicap down to a respectable number.