Emi­ly Matchar has writ­ten for an array of pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, Out­side, Smith­son­ian, and The Atlantic. Orig­i­nal­ly from North Car­oli­na, she lives with her hus­band and two sons. In the Shad­ow of the Green­bri­er is her first novel.