ILANA C. MYER was a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem and cultural critic for various publications. As Ilana Teitelbum she has written book reviews and critical essays for The Globe and Mail, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, and Huffington Post. Her series, The Harp and Ring Sequence, includes Last Song Before Night, Fire Dance, and The Poet King. A native New Yorker and longtime Jerusalem resident, she now resides in the mountains of Pennsylvania.