The Twins' Café is a work of fiction set around the January 1958 uprising of the Ku Klux Klan and the Lumbee and Tuscarora Indians of eastern North Carolina. The Indians were successful in fending off the Ku Klux Klan. This book provides a look into the lives of the characters during the 1940's, 50's and into the 1960's. The Reyelle twins are prominent characters and members of the Klan. They own a café in the town of Leedsburg and many of the recipes in the book come from their menu. Many of the characters are dumb as a gourd.

Elizabeth Burgess taught in the Department of Defense schools in Europe and South East Asia.

She has written two other books, Prison Camp Road and A Day In Cascilla. She graduated from Appalachian State University and is a Writing Project Fellow at The University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Her poems have been published in numerous anthologies, including Russian/English collections, and the Earth and Soul collection.