Virginia Lee is the author of <i>Pacific Flavours: Guidebook and Cookbook</i> and with her sister, Elaine Elliot, is the co-author of <i>Maritime Flavours: Guidebook and Cookbook</i> as well as several other cookbooks that specialize in Canadian and coastal Maritime cuisine. She is a native Nova Scotian and divides her time between Lower Canard, Nova Scotia and North Palm Beach, Florida.