Elzbieta Dudkowska, a Polish immigrant and American citizen, has been living in Chicago since 1981. She graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland with a Master's degree in Polish Philology. She enjoyed her teaching profession in both countries. After attending an acclaimed university writing program, she wrote a  part of "Starting Over in a New Country." From 2014 to present, she enhanced her debut novel with assistance from and contribution to a suburban Chicago writer's group, the Schaumburg Scribes.