When Lucy Washed Ashore
Meredith Madden hails from New Hartford, NY.  She has lived in various places since then and has come to call many of them home, such as New York City, Ithaca, NY, Martha's Vineyard, and Galway, Ireland.  Meredith is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and holds Masters degrees from The George Washington University and Mercy College.  She is pursuing her doctorate in Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University.  Meredith lives in Central New York with her family, and teaches Social Sciences to undergraduates. She has been writing since childhood.  When Lucy Washed Ashore is her first novel.