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Elizabeth Ireland

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in Chicago, The United States

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Mystery, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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Elizabeth Ireland discovered her passion for theater early. After receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in Theater, she accepted a teaching position in a vibrant performing arts department at a college in northern Illinois. For ten years, she taught, directed and ran front-of-house operations. American Theater History—particularly that of the 19th century—has always been of particular interest to her.
She has been a quarter-finalist and a semi-finalist for the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Two of her screenplays have been optioned. Her nonfiction work, Women of Vision: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives, was published in 2008. Her work has also been publ ...more

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	A Walking Shadow (Backstage Mystery #1) 4.10 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foul Deeds Will Rise (Backstage Mystery #2) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forms of Things Unknown (Backstage Mystery Series Book 3) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paramourtal: Tales of undying love and loving the undead by Kevin Hosey, Evelyn Welle (Editor), L.K. Below (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walking Shadow (Backstage Mystery Series #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Vision: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives by Kathleen Smith (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Ireland (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 4: by Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️

Dec 08, 2019 05:44PM

Hello Elizabeth,
I look forward to our interactions!
*Wendy Curtsies

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message 3: by da

Nov 03, 2019 08:19PM

Hi Elizabeth,

Glad we’re GR friends! Much appreciate it!

If you’d like to get to know me a bit more, I’m a soon-to-be self-published author reaching out to people who are as passionate about books as I am. My blog: HappinessBetweenTails.com

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da-AL

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