Stock, Elaine: - Elaine Stock writes Historical Fiction, exploring the role of women who are courageous and gutsy (courageous with added spirit and determination). She enjoys creating stories showing how all faiths, races, and belief systems are interconnected and need each other. Elaine's grandparents, on both sides of her family, narrowly escaped World War II by immigrating from Poland and Austria to the US. Fascinated by the strong will of people to overcome the horrors from this era, she wrote We Shall Not Shatter, Book 1 of the Resilient Women of WWII Trilogy, inspired by her deaf great aunt who was left behind as a teenager in Brzeziny, Poland and perished in the Holocaust. The novel has earned the Historical Fiction Company 5-star and "Highly Recommended" Review, won the Finalist Award in the Historical WWI-WWII category of the Historical Fiction Company Contest, and took the 2022 Silver Medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award. Book 2, Our Daughters' Last Hope has also won Historical Fiction Company 5-star and "Highly Recommended" Review. Both books have won awards for their audiobook editions. Elaine is a member of Women's Fiction Writers Association and The Historical Novel Society. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she has been living in upstate, rural New York with her husband for more years than her stint as a city gal. She enjoys long walks down country roads, visiting New England towns, and of course, a good book.