Elizabeth Licata is an editorial writer and columnist for the Buffalo News since 2022; before that, she was editor of Buffalo Spree, Western New York's city/regional magazine, for 23 years. A lifelong area resident, Licata has been writing about Buffalo arts, architecture, and gardens for more than thirty years. A nationally published art critic and garden writer, she has written several books about Western New York art and gardens, as well as another Reedy title, Secret Buffalo.