Elaine L Orr
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Elaine L. Orr authors four mystery series, including the thirteen-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series, which is set at the Jersey shore. Her newest series is the Family History Mystery Series, set in the Western Maryland Mountains. She also writes plays and novellas, including the one-act, "Common Ground," published in 2015. r r Elaine conducts presentations on electronic publishing and other writing-related topics. r r A member of Sisters in Crime and the Independent Book Publishers Association, Elaine grew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994. Elaine graduated from the University of Dayton with a BA in Political Science and from the American University with an MA in Government. She worked for GAO and the National Academy of Public Administration for many years, and for two Iowa members of the U.S. House of Representatives — one Republican and one Democrat.r r Elaine did some journalism course work at the University of Maryland and has taken fiction courses from The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD, the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and Georgetown University’s Continuing Education Program.
Behind the Walls | Biding Time | Demise of a Devious Neighbor | Unscheduled Murder Trip
Any Port in a Storm | Appraisal for Murder | Aunt Madge and the Civil Election: An Aunt Madge Story in the Jolie Gentil Series | Behind the Walls | Biding Time | Demise of a Devious Neighbor: River’s Edge Cozy Mystery Book 2 | Demise of a Devious Suspect: River’s Edge Cozy Mystery Series, Book 3 | Falling Into Place | Final Cycle | Final Operation | From Newsprint to Footprints: First River’s Edge Cozy Mystery | Gilded Path to Nowhere | Ground to a Halt | Holidays in Ocean Alley | Jolie and Scoobie High School Misadventures (Jolie Gentil Cozy Mystery Series) | Least Trodden Ground: Family History Mystery Series Book 1 | Long Held Lake Secrets | Monett (MO) (Images of America) | Mountain Rails of Old | New Lease on Death | Rekindling Motives | Searching for Secrets: Author’s Preferred Edition | Sticky-Fingered Books | The Twain Does Meet: A Jolie and Scoobie Novella | The Unexpected Resolution: Jolie Gentil CozyMystery Book 10 | Tip a Hat to Murder | Trouble on the Doorstep | Underground in Ocean Alley | Unscheduled Murder Trip: Family History Mystery Series Book 2 | Vague Images | When the Carny Comes to Town | Words to Write By: Putting Your Thoughts on Paper