Rich has been making up fanciful, thoughtful, stories from the very beginning. Her whimsy and mastery derive from a childhood spent spinning tales and entertaining herself in the woods and ocean of rural Maine, which is sparsely populated.

Rich spent a lot of time on the road in the backseat with her sister driving from place to place with their parents. To pass the time, Rich told long, intricate stories, picking up where she left off each time they piled back into the car.

Rich has been making up fanciful, thoughtful, stories from the very beginning. Her whimsy and mastery derive from a childhood spent spinning tales and entertaining herself in the woods and ocean of rural Maine, which is sparsely populated. Rich spent a lot of time on the road in the backseat with her sister driving from place to place with their parents. To pass the time, Rich told long, intricate stories, picking up where she left off each time they piled back into the car.