Fern has risen to stardom, from cub reporter on "The Face" to the face that launched a world-famous line of cosmetics. But her descent into obscurity, following a horrific attack which leaves her permanently scarred, brings out her competitive, determined character.
Elizabeth Harrington’s poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, Field, Connecticut Review, Nimrod,The Sun, Rattapallax, and other journals, as well as in an anthology about divorce. She was a winner of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award and second place winner in The Ledge Poetry Contest.
Her chapbook, Earth’s Milk, (2007) was first runner-up in the Main Street Rag Chapbook Poetry contest. Another chapbook, The Quick and the Dead (2010), took first prize in the 2010 Grayson Books competition. Harrington, who grew up in Oklahoma, lives in Tarrytown, New York. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and recently started Harrington Research Associates, a market research consulting company.