Tilar Mazzeo teaches British Romantic poetry, travel writing, and literary theory at Colby. Some of her books include Plagiarism and Literary Property in the Romantic Period (University of Pennsylvania Press 2007) and The Widow Clicquot (Harper Collins 2008).

She also writes on food and wine for the popular press and lived in the California wine country before coming to Colby. Her personal web page is www.tilar-mazzeo.com.