Rue Matthiessen is based on the East End of Long Island. At Bard College she majored in literature, and afterwards was a journalist for the East Hampton Star. She had her own photography studio in Los Angeles for six years. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice, her essays and short fiction have been published in numerous literary journals. Her book, Buttonwood Cottage, about renovating a house in the Caribbean, is available on Amazon KDP. Rue’s full length memoir, Castles & Ruins, about growing up in an ambitious literary family, was published in March. Recently, Rue was featured in the Bridgehampton Museum’s Distinguished Lecturer Series and other speaking engagements. See website for more information, selections of upcoming work, and recent press.