Elise Dee Beraru

Elise Dee Beraru can't recall a time since she learned to read that she hasn't been a writer. She chooses to write romance because she believes love stories featuring smart, strong women who find true love with the men of their dreams without sacrificing their core selves are the ultimate empowerment.

Her first romance novel garnered her finalist positions for the Notable New Author of 1999 (NoNA Award) and the 2000 EPPIE Award and 2000 Orange Rose Award in Historical Romance.

When not writing, Elise is an attorney in solo practice. She is also an award-winning quiltmaker and public speaker as well as being active in promoting Los Angeles Opera and the rights of injured workers. A member of Romance Writers of America, World Romance Writers, EPIC and Women Writing the West, she lives just south of Beverly Hills, California with a mortgage, three cats and more fabric than any one woman has any business owning.