Kim Y. Wittel is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has written two previous books, Wurtenberg to Warwick: the Wittel Family of Lancaster County, and Grand Opera in Grand Style: the Lancaster Opera Company Celebrates 50 Years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is passionate about researching and recording family and community history. Kim lives with her husband in Lancaster.
