A.L. Fredine

Daughter of a career Navy man and a classically-trained pianist, West-Coaster by birth, Northerner by inclination, Elle grew up on a series of Armed Forces bases from Esquimalt to the Maritimes and the High Arctic. The adventures she's shared with her family include a wild ride down a frozen river behind a runaway dog-team, watching a tank roll past their front window through a raging white-out, and surviving a Force Eight storm at sea.

While studying to become a teacher, Elle wandered into a Theatre Design Exhibit and never quite wandered back out. She earned an M.F.A. in Directing and spent the next few decades working as a stage manager, designer, and director for professional and community groups across the country.

An accomplished artist, poet, and educator, Elle has been writing online since 2008. Her work has been included in several print anthologies and featured in online publications, and she serves as editor for five online publications. Her short story anthology The Lunchbox features work nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.

She is currently at work on two romance-mystery novels — one contemporary, one Edwardian — as well as the third book in her North Haven Mysteries series.