Elise comes from a family of detectives, including a grandfather who filled her childhood with true crime stories she learned not to repeat at daycare. Her debut novel won 2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for best unpublished investigator manuscript as well as the 2021 Monroe-Walton Award for best new author. She's had stories and poetry published in Sojourn Literary Magazine, Dewpoint Literary Magazine, The Moonlit Road, The Dark Sire Literary Magazine, and Southern Quill. She's also sold stories to the podcast, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. She runs the popular book blog, https://coupleofbeesread.com/.