Toni Schlesinger is a New York-based author, journalist, fiction writer, and theater artist who is writing the non-fiction book, "The Mystery of Pearl Street." Her "Five Flights Up" book (Princeton Architectural Press) is a collection of her award-wining Village Voice “Shelter” columns about New York. Her most recent original play in which she also performed was The Palace (2010) at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. www.tonischlesinger.com