Dead Little Dolly (26 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli moved to the shores of a little lake in northwest northern Michigan and never looked back. She lives, sometimes uncomfortably, with the crows and bears and turtles and finds her material in the villages and forests that surround her. With degrees from Macomb County Community College, Oakland University, and the University of Michigan, she now teaches creative writing at Northwestern Michigan College and at writers' conferences around the country.

Her novels include:
Gift of Evil
(Bantam),
Dead Dancing Women
,
Dead Floating Lovers
,
Dead Sleeping Shaman
, and
Dead Dogs and Englishmen
(Midnight Ink).

Elizabeth is also fascinated with the craft of the short story and hers have appeared in
The Creative Woman
,
The Driftwood Review
,
Passages North
,
The MacGuffin
,
Quality Women's Fiction
(Great Britain), and elsewhere. With a grant from the State of Michigan she also created short stories that have been produced onstage as well as being read on NPR.

Her essays have appeared in magazines and books and newspapers, and she writes book reviews for
The Northern Express
, an alternative newspaper in Traverse City, Michigan.

For many years she taught in the International Women's Guild summer program at Skidmore College and appeared as a moderator and panelist at writing conferences. Her fascination with all things murderous began with a love for puzzles of all sorts, which was handed down to her by a mother who devoured mysteries. Sometimes playful, sometimes deadly serious, her books reflect a wide interest in women's lives and futures.