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Award-winning author, Elysia Whisler’s novel-length women’s fiction has received starred reviews from Booklist and an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best of the Month. She is the 2025 winner of The Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense in both Historical Suspense and as the Overall Winner. She's a finalist for Best Mystery for the 2025 Claymore award and just had her first crime piece featured in Black Cat Weekly. She is a member of The Author’s Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers. Raised in Texas, Italy, Alaska, Mississippi, Nebraska, Hawai'i, Pennsylvania and Virginia, her works are informed by a nomadic life and often focus on women’s strength and struggles. When not w ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 1,263 ratings · 239 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rescue You (Dogwood County #1) 4.14 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	Forever Home (Dogwood County, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Becoming Family (Dogwood County, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2022 — 7 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
	Black Cat Weekly #220 by Pam Barnsley, Alan Orloff (Goodreads Author), Viviana De Cecco it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Forever Home is an Amazon Best Book of the Month for December 2021 in the Romance category!

So much is happening this month!

Forever Home is officially out and it's already an Amazon Best Book of the Month for December 2021 in the Romance category! I'm very honored to receive this distinction!

In addition, an essay I wrote about strong women in fiction was published by CrimeReads. Check out Strong Women in Fiction: The Problem With Magic Bracelets.

Thanks to all my readers!

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