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  <name><![CDATA[Laura Elvebak]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I am the author of the Niki Alexander mysteries. LESS DEAD debuted in September 2008 and LOST WITNESS is due to be released in September 2009. Niki is an ex-cop turned counselor at a Houston shelter for runaway and throwaway teenagers. My short story, &quot;Searching for Rachel,&quot; appears in A DEATH IN TEXAS, the second Final Twist anthology published by L&amp;L Dreamspell. Their third anthology, A BOX OF TEXAS CHOCOLATES, includes my short story, &quot;Dying for Chocolate.&quot; I settled in Houston about 30 years ago and am surrounded by my three grown children and six grandchildren within driving distance.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[life, husbands, my children, characters I meet, mysteries by such authors as James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Linda Barnes, Marcia Mueller...well, you get the picture.]]></influences>      <born_at>08/25/1942</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Less Dead]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Lost Witness]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Laura Elvebak]]></name>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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