N.S. Elizabeth is a Lebanese-Egyptian author of The Forbidden Affairs of the Buckingham Palace and 100 Nights in Beirut. After growing up in the desert-city of Dubai and the enchanting "Paris of the Middle East", she now lives in Canada with her husband and an owl sculpture named Winky. When she's not crafting tales of absurdity, love, and the occasional secret affair, she sips tea from porcelain cups—like the posh queen she believes herself to be.