Elizabeth Lovett Grover grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and earned a degree in Russian from Duke University and a master’s in library science from UNC-CH. A cradle Episcopalian who began writing prayers as a staff member at the Church of the Redeemer, she became interested in the realm of Celtic spirituality after experiencing a thin place – the holy island of Iona – with Philip Newell in 2005. Elizabeth, mother of three and stepmother of three more, lives in Cincinnati with her husband John.