Born in southwestern Pennsylvania, Elsie married the love of her life. Together they had four beautiful children, and now have grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Her husband has always encouraged her. After helping to raise the children, Elsie became a hairstylist, and years later, she and her husband owned and operated their own successful restaurant business for sixteen years. After that, she got involved in family genealogy and in writing novels. Her first novel, The Little Nightingale, was published in 2004.

Josef’s Journey is Elsie’s second novel which she first started writing in 2001.