BITING THE WAX TADPOLE: Confessions of a Language Fanatic (Melville House, 2007)

Elizabeth Little is a writer and longtime language lover whose first book, BITING THE WAX TADPOLE: Confessions of a Language Fanatic was published in 2007. Born and raised in St. Louis, she graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a degree in Social Studies and language citations in Mandarin and Classical Chinese. Her studies focused on the role of political structure and economic development in the composition of art, culture, and collective belief systems. She also took a class on dinosaurs.

She has worked as a copyeditor, as an assistant literary agent, and as a writer and editor for the Let's Go guide to China. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times. In her spare time, she enjoys reading about obscure foreign languages and caring entirely too much about the outcome of professional sporting events.

Elizabeth currently lives in Queens with her husband and two cats.

Agent: Kate Garrick