Rachel Burgess grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts.  She has a B.A. in Literature from Yale University and an M.F.A. in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts.  Although Rachel currently lives in New York, freelancing and teaching art, she continues to rely on the scenery and folk traditions of New England for inspiration.  Her work appears in various magazines, books and illustration annuals, as well as in galleries in New York and Maine.