Nancy J. Hajeski is the author of The Hammond Book of Presidents, Undercover: Rocks and Minerals and Undercover: Princessses and contributed to Guitar Heroes: From Blues to Rock and Beyond. In 2012 she wrote Ali: The Official Portrait of the Greatest of All Time, which the New York Journal of Books called "masterful" and "a knockout." Writing as Nancy Butler, she produced twelve Regency romance novels and won two national RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America. Her graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for Marvel Entertainment spent 13 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. A hardcore Beatles fan from the moment she heard "She Loves You," her interest in the band has never waned. While still a teenager, she met two genuine "Liverpool lads" in Washington Square Park-university students touring the U.S.

-and not only invited them home to stay with her family, she brought them along to high school . to the delight of students and staff. Hajeski makes regular trips to the Fest for Beatles Fans, and in 1999 she had the privilege of being in the audience at Carnegie Hall for George Martin's speaking tour, "The Making of Sgt. Pepper." She lives and works in the Catskill Mountains of New York.