Elyse Salpeter is an author who loves mixing "the real with the fantastic" in her books. She likes nothing better than taking different scenarios and creating worlds where things just aren't what they appear to be. Her suspense thriller series, THE HUNT FOR XANADU, THE QUEST OF THE EMPTY TOMB, THE CALL OF MOUNT SUMERU and THE HAUNTING OF CRAGG HILL HOUSE, are about a brilliant and fearless young woman named Kelsey Porter, whose life is steeped in Buddhist spiritual mysteries and she is constantly discovering the world around her is not what she believed it to be. Her Dark Fantasy Series, THE WORLD OF KAROV and THE RUBY AMULET take us to other realms filled with magic and evil as a dark presence is seeping through the dimensions. Her YA novels, FLYING TO THE LIGHT and FLYING TO THE FIRE are about a young deaf boy who knows what happens to you when you die and now people are after him for the answers. Lastly, her horror novel, THE MANNEQUINS, and horror short story anthology, RICKET ROW, are guaranteed to keep you up at night. When she's not writing, she's usually cooking or eating something complicated and crazy, exercising and trying to grow anything in her garden. Please come on over and learn more about her at her webpage at www.elysesalpeter.com or her blog at www.elysesalpeter.wordpress.com