Madeline Cass is an artist originally from Nebraska, and is currently based in New Mexico. She earned a BFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in Photography from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2017. Her book, how lonely, to be a marsh, which was commissioned by Platte Basin Timelapse, has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art Library, the National Gallery of Art Library, the Hirsch Library at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Getty Research Institute Library, Special Collections & Archives at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, The Albert B. Alkek Library at Texas State University-San Marcos, Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library, and the University of Nebraska’s Love Library.