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Author Meeting Place Interviews Author Elysabeth Eldering of South Carolina/United States
Bio: With a childhood spent traveling the globe, it's no wonder that writer Elysabeth Eldering has a passion for geography! Growing up in a military family, Elysabeth lived in Japan, Germany, New York, Kentucky, and Texas before her family finally settled in a small town in South Carolina. Elysabeth, who lives in Honea Path, SC, has put her globetrotting skills to work in the Junior Geography Detective Squad's 50-state, mystery, trivia series.
Published by 4RV Publishing, the series made its debut in summer 2008 with State of Wilderness. State of Quarries made it's way into the hands of followers of the series next. The Junior Geography Detective Squad will continue to put their mystery-solving talents to work in each state to challenge young readers on their knowledge of the nation's geography and interesting facts. State of Reservations is next in the line-up.
The mother of three - an adult son and a teen-aged son and daughter - juggles a schedule that includes volunteering with her children's school activities, including the marching band and band competitions. An avid pet lover, Elysabeth is caretaker for the family's two dogs. She's active in the Greenville chapters of Sisters in Crime and the SC Writers Workshop and has judged entries for the Derringers Awards competition.
Elysabeth entered her first writing contest on a dare from a friend. Since then, the prize-winning writer has received awards from Armchair Interviews and Echelon Press. Her most recent story, “Bride and Seek,” was published in the SC Writers Workshop anthology The Petigru Review and is available on www.amazon.com. She has an article on editing and self publishing, also with Armchair Interviews.
Special orders (for schools and homeschoolers) should contact either the author or publisher with subject line: Special orders - JGDS series Contact the author at eeldering@gmail.com Contact the publisher at president@4rvpublishingllc.com
How many book/s have you written?: Two in this series, two other short stories have been published as ebooks
Please share with us your book titles: State of Wilderness, book 1 of the Junior Geography Detective Squad (JGDS), 50-state, mystery, trivia series
State of Quarries, book 2 of the JGDS 50-state, mystery, trivia series
The Tulip Kiss (no longer available) Butterfly Halves (no longer available)
Bride-and-Seek, a short story accepted in the 2007 Petigrue Review (a SCWW anthology)
What genre/s would you like to write in?: Children's/mystery
How long did it take for you to write your book/s?: The stories don't take long, maybe a few days, but dedicating the time to them is what takes so long
How long did it take for you to publish your book/s?: The first one was published within a few months of my contract; the second one took a few more months and the third in the series (about to come out) has taken more than six months to get published.
Who did you publish with and why?: 4RV Publishing, because she offered me a contract and was willing to take on such a big project.
Please share with us how you prefer to market your book/s?: School visits, book signings, bookmarks (very inexpensive through gotprint.com), interactive geography related events.
Please share with us any event/s that you have planned in marketing your book/s: Savannah Children's Book Festival coming up in November at the Forsyth Park in Savannah Georgia.
Introducing State of Quarries book two of the Junior Geography Detective Squad 50 States Mystery Trivia Series
Matt Patterson, almost thirteen, likes to hang around with his friends, especially Guy Lombard. Not only does he like skateboarding and playing video games, but he also likes geography.
Mary Beth, Matt’s eleven-year-old sister, joins her older brother and his friends whether they want her to or not.
Jolene Ariette’s name cropped up in the fi rst book of the series since both Matt and Guy like her, but she keeps them both as friends only.
As the “Geography Detective Squad” work their way through the different fifty states of the series, they accumulate “bonus” clues that will reveal five territories joined or part of the United States.
Readers should be aware of the bonus clues so that each reader can “guess” the identities of the ter-ritories: Washington DC, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Samoan Islands.
Matt Patterson, almost thirteen, likes to hang around with his friends, especially Guy Lombard. Not only does he like skateboarding and playing video games, but he also likes geography.
Mary Beth, Matt’s eleven-year-old sister, joins her older brother and his friends whether they want her to or not.
Jolene Ariette’s name cropped up in the fi rst book of the series since both Matt and Guy like her, but she keeps them both as friends only.
As the “Geography Detective Squad” work their way through the different fi fty states of the series, they accumulate “bonus” clues that will reveal five territories joined or part of the United States.
Readers should be aware of the bonus clues so that each reader can “guess” the identities of the territories: Washington DC, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Samoan Islands.
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Email to share: eeldering@gmail.com
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