ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF BIRDWATCHER
Elizabeth J. Rosenthal's first book, His Song: the Musical Journey of Elton John, was published in fall 2001 by Billboard Books, an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications. As the most well-researched, exhaustive musical biography of musician Elton John ever written, His Song is the only John biography to be sold in the Elton John Store at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. To date, it is also the only John biography to be translated from English to Russian for sale in Russia-and, consequently, is the first Elton John biography to be sold in Russia.
After graduating magna cum laude with a journalism degree from Syracuse
University's Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1982, Rosenthal
attended Rutgers-Camden School of Law, from which she graduated With Honors
in 1985. Subsequently, she was admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. In 1986, she married Stanley Shur, another Rutgers-Camden
graduate. For the past 20 years, Rosenthal has been a civil servant, writing
regulations for New Jersey state government, testifying before the state
legislature about pending legislation affecting the civil service system,
and serving as liaison to the State Attorney General's Office.
In 2002, Rosenthal inexplicably became bewitched by birds, since then
reading everything about them that she could get her hands on and going
on field trips - with New Jersey Audubon and other groups - whenever possible.
Like many of her birding compatriots, while driving she pays more attention
to starlings flitting overhead than to traffic signs and usually extracts
more joy from a simple encounter with an immature grackle than from a
more prolonged encounter with immature or mature humans. The Burlington,
New Jersey, home she shares with her husband is surrounded by birdfeeders
frequented by loyal patrons. Rosenthal's life list may be modest, but
her admiration of even the most common of birds is unassailable.
ALSO BY THE AUTHOR OF BIRDWATCHER
Besides Birdwatcher and His Song, her publishing credits
include the following:
"Birding with Roger," Bird Watcher's Digest,
July/August 2008.
"Supawna National Wildlife Refuge: Hidden New Jersey Magic,"
Seasons (a publication of the New Jersey Audubon Society), Summer
2008.
"Birding in Cape May: Third Time's the Charm," New
Jersey Audubon, Spring/Summer 2008.
Foreword, Essential Elton John: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Elton
John's Keyboard Styles and Techniques (Keyboard Signature Licks Series),
Hal Leonard Corp., 2006.
"Birdwatching in Southern New Jersey," New Jersey Audubon,
Summer 2005.
Biography of Elton John, Philadelphia Freedom Concert & Ball Official
Program, July 4, 2005. (The program was also an insert in the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Sunday, July 3, 2005.)
"Gone to the Birds," Snowy Egret, Spring 2005.
Biography of Elton John, official program of the Elton John Gala Charity
Concert in Aid of the Elton John Scholarship Fund at the Royal Academy
of Music, London, Sunday, 1st December 2002.
"Good Grief! Peanuts Characters Invade Author's Home,"
Toy Shop, February 25, 2000.
"Freddi Margolin-The Snoopy Lady," The Antique Trader,
February 2, 2000.
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