Elise Walters

I am a marketing executive with over seven years of experience in the advertising and marketing industry. I have helped articulate the value propositions for a wide array of products – from birth control to checking accounts. If my career has taught me one thing it is the importance of crafting a story, a skill I hope I have translated successfully into my debut novel Tentyrian Legacy!I graduated from Wake Forest University in 2007 with a B.A. in English. While my career led me into advertising, my passion for literature was one I continued to nurture as an avid reader. That passion began at the age of 12 when I ordered my first batch of romance novels online. With titles by Catherine Coulter and Nora Roberts, I hid my books, embarrassed at their lack of age appropriateness and scholarly pedigree. However, it was those books that helped shape my teen years by offering an escape to the awkward time of adolescence. In college, I specialized in Victorian literature and well-worn copies of Jane Eyre and Emma were never far from reach. However, teen romance favorites like the Twilight series also stacked the shelves. In creating Tentyrian Legacy, I sought to write a story for my own enjoyment and one that combined the elements I appreciate in a good book—romance, an evil plot that must be foiled, and vampires.I grew up in New Canaan, CT and I now live in Pound Ridge, NY with my husband Jonathan and son Jack.