Elysabeth spent her childhood traveling to places like Japan, Germany, and many of the United States.  She has won several contests with publication online and as ebooks.  Her second place story, Train of Clues, was the predecessor of her children's series, the Junior Geography Detective Squad (JGDS), 50-state, mystery, trivia series where characters play a handheld game that gives them clues about a state and they have to guess which state is being described.  So if you like Jeopardy! and geography combined, come see what her series is about.