Elizabeth Mitchell has authored nonfiction books, covering politics, sports and history, including her most recent acclaimed saga, Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty. Her novella-length work, The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin, was a nonfiction bestseller. Formerly the executive editor of George, the nation's largest political magazine, she has worked as an investigative reporter and features writer. She makes her home in Brooklyn, New York.

As part of the fiction/nonfiction mini series, Elizabeth Mitchell will participate in a reading of Lincoln's Lie, followed by a conversation with faculty members Emily Hipchen and Elizabeth Rush.