Elizabeth Cooke, born and bred in New York City, graduate of Vassar College and The Sorbonne, is the author of a memoir and several books about Paris. “Starfish” is the second book in The Rose Trilogy, “Violet Rose” being the first, and the third, titled “Violet”, to be published in late 2017. The three are all set on the East End of Long Island where the author lived for over 30 years.