| Elysabeth Eldering Award winning author, Elysabeth Eldering, who lives in a small town in upper South Carolina, enjoys reading, cross stitch, crochet, and writing. Her first story was written on a dare from a friend, but she found that she really enjoyed the creative outlet. Her writing credits include "Train of Clues" (a shared second place winner on Armchair Interviews), "The Proposal" (an April Fool's Day contest shared second place winner on Armchair Interviews), and "The Tulip Kiss" (fast and frigid contest winner on Echelon Press) and "Butterfly Halves", a young adult fantasy, (the latter two were published by Echelon Press but are no longer available). Her most recent story, "Bride-and-Seek", was accepted and published in the SCWW anthology The Petigru Review and is available on amazon.com. She has an article on editing and self publishing to her credit, also published on Armchair Interviews. When Ms. Eldering has free time from work, family and writing, she participates in several writing groups including Sisters in Crime and the South Carolina Writers Workshop, both in Greenville, SC. |
| Now Available (for ordering info, click on cover) State of Wilderness, the first book in Elysabeth Eldering's JGDS series, will be released in July. Elysabeth's intent for her Junior Geography Detectives Squad series is to teach children something new about every state, something they wouldn’t normally know. She includes bonus clues in each story, clues that will lead to the identification of five other territories connected to the United States: Washington DC, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Samoan Islands. |

| “Elysabeth has created an intriguing storyline to encourage youngsters to learn about our United States. The relationships of her four characters add depth to the stories; they are true to their age and situation. In- teresting and educational, State of Wilderness is a wonderful first book in the Junior Geography Detective Series: I’m looking forward to the next 49 books." ~~ Batya D. Wininger, UPositive Creativity and Life Coaching |
| Brief Review |
| Other Reviews Review of State of Wilderness By Trisha L. Gillespie, age 15 dramaqueen132247@myspace.com Ms. Elysabeth has written a wonderful book for children of all ages. I am 15 and loved reading it. Her characters are very easy to follow, and the book is set up in a fun and educational way. State of Wilderness not only helps with geography and history, but reading as well. The game aspect of the story makes the reader feel as though he/she is actually playing along with the characters. This book is amazing, and I would definitely recommend it for any child who loves to read and likes geography and history. *** |