ELIZABETH KING is a private SAT coach who also teaches in conjunction with several of New York City's most exclusive college admissions advising firms-most recently Arete Educational Consulting. Trained by one of the College Board's original SAT prep material authors, King takes the SAT annually and has an aggregate score in the 99th percentile, including an 800 on the recently added writing section. She lives in New York City. THE AUTHOR SCOOP Read any good books lately? I actually just read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and really enjoyed it.Do you eat your vegetables? Blanched, yes. This is a recent development. Have you ever met a famous person?Sure.… I tutor their kids on occasion. But their identities are Top Secret. Favorite childhood book?A Childrsquo;s Christmas in Wales, Dylan ThomasWhat was your first job?I worked at a cashier at the neighborhood independently owned drugstore. This would have been fine except I had a habit of reading everything they had for sale. Turns out keeping my nose in the books meant a lot of folks got a five finger discount!