Elizabeth (Liz) Engstrom grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois (a Chicago suburb where she lived with her father) and Kaysville, Utah (north of Salt Lake City, where she lived with her mother). After graduating from high school in Illinois, she ventured west in a serious search for acceptable weather, eventually settling in Honolulu. She attended college and worked as an advertising copywriter.
After eight years on Oahu, she moved to Maui, found a business partner and opened an advertising agency. One husband, two children and five years later, she sold the agency to her partner and had enough seed money to try her hand at full time fiction writing, her lifelong dream. With the help of her mentor, science fiction great Theodore Sturgeon, When Darkness Loves Us was published.
Engstrom moved to Oregon in 1986, where she lives with her husband Al Cratty, the legendary muskie fisherman, and their Duck Tolling Retriever, Jook. She holds a BA in English Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing, a Masters in Applied Theology, and a Certificate of Pastoral Care and Ministry, all from Marylhurst University. In addition to writing, she provides interfaith, non-denominational spiritual care through Love and Mercy Ministries (www.love-and-mercy-ministries.com). An introvert at heart, she still emerges into public occasionally to teach a class in novel or short story writing, or to speak at a writers convention or conference.
Genres: Horror
Novels
Black Ambrosia (1988)
Lizzie Borden (1991)
Lizard Wine (1995)
Suspicions (2002)
Black Leather (2003)
The Northwoods Chronicles (2008)
York's Moon (2011)
Candyland (2012)
Baggage Check (2013)
Guys Named Bob (2018)
Lizzie Borden (1991)
Lizard Wine (1995)
Suspicions (2002)
Black Leather (2003)
The Northwoods Chronicles (2008)
York's Moon (2011)
Candyland (2012)
Baggage Check (2013)
Guys Named Bob (2018)
Collections
Novellas
Crosley (1999)
Charlie's Grave (2012)
Moxie and the African Queen (2012)
Deep Into the Darkness Peering (2012)
Charlie's Grave (2012)
Moxie and the African Queen (2012)
Deep Into the Darkness Peering (2012)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Engstrom
In the Fog (1993)
Worlds of Fear (1994)
Love in Vein (1994)
The UFO Files (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000)
Worlds of Fear (1994)
Love in Vein (1994)
The UFO Files (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000)
Short stories
When Darkness Loves Us [short story] (1985) | |||
The Final Tale (1986) | |||
The Fog Knew Her Name (1993) | |||
Elixir (1994) | |||
Renewing the Option (1998) |
Awards
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