Author Elise Pehrson is an award-winning poet and storywriter. She is also a journalist, editor, wife and mother. She has loved writing for as long as she can remember and finished writing her first novel at the age of eleven. She specializes in fantasy and science-fiction writing as well as magical realism. She is currently getting a B.A. degree in English literature with a minor in Japanese. She has been writing since the elementary school level, where high school-level test scores in English were achieved. She won her first poetry contest at the age of seven and finished her first novel at the age of eleven. She graduated high school at the age of seventeen after taking honors English and advanced creative writing classes. She loves reading, writing, and spending time with those she loves.