Elaine L. Orr is the bestselling Amazon author of “Trouble on the Doorstep,” fifth in the Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series. She wrote plays and novellas for years and graduated to longer fiction. “Biding Time,” was one of five finalists in the National Press Club’s first fiction contest, in 1993. She is a regular attendee at conferences such as Muncie’s Midwest Writers Workshop and Magna Cum Murder, and conducts presentations on electronic publishing and other writing-related topics.

Her nonfiction includes material on caring for aging parents and carefully researched local and family history books. Elaine grew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994. She has published books for Kindle for several years and now has them on other sites through Smashwords. Thanks to Create Space, the Jolie Gentil mystery series is also available in paperback. (www.createspace.com/3699771, or via Amazon).