Featured Interview With Liz Ellyn
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Liz Ellyn, an award-winning erotic romance author, turns up the heat. With degrees in both engineering and law, she argues the positive energy gained by embracing desire is essential to balancing the serious forces of daily life.
She expertly weaves sinfully erotic scenes with heart-wrenching romance, nourishing readers’ cravings for both passion and emotional depth. Her stories are as irresistible as the decadent desserts she loves to create and share.
When she isn’t writing steamy romance books, she is out walking her dog while listening to audiobooks. Her seven year-old, Boomer, is a mix of a Bernese Mountain dog and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He misses the snow in Chicago, but has made many new dog friends in the San Francisco Bay Area.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Like many other pre-teens, S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders captured my heart. I read it so many times, the pages started falling out. Before I knew it, I was rewriting scenes and spinning out side stories. A fan fiction of sorts. But my true obsession with characters began after I picked up John Irving’s books at the age of thirteen.
High school English and law school derailed my love of reading. With all the required reading, I forgot the magic of stories. It wasn’t until Twilight landed in my hands that I remembered books can transport, inspire, and bring joy.
In the past, my writing has run the gamut, including: simple poetry, legal briefs, impassioned pleas to congress, Greek mythology, and non-fiction.
But spicy romance with character-driven plot lines is where I found my voice. After years spent courtside at junior tennis tournament, devouring love stories in hotel rooms and hours on the highway, I finally carved out space to write my own.
I’m now the author of Overruling Judgment, Willful Parties, and Defending Engagement. These three steamy romances explore love’s complexities with passion and heart. Each book in the series has earned the Literary Titan Book Award. And, I’m just getting started.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am drawn to authors who push boundaries and celebrate sensuality. Tiffany Reisz (The Original Sinners Series), Lauren Dane (Brown Family Series), and Shayla Black are a few of my favorites. Their bold storytelling and fearless exploration of polyamory resonate deeply with me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
In Defending Engagement, JD, Ian, and Sasha share a love that’s passionate and all-consuming. Behind closed doors, their polyamorous relationship burns with undeniable heat, but beyond their Chicago home, judgment waits to tear them apart.
At the O’Malley family’s annual St. Patrick’s Day party, whispers turn to outright condemnation—immorality, illegality, and taboo desire. JD and Ian fear the scorn will drive Sasha away. They underestimate Sasha’s ability to eviscerate closed-minded arguments and fire to defend what’s hers.
It is time to take a stand and defend their engagement.
This book acts like a long epilogue to Overruling Judgement, but it stands on its own as a fun, provocative novella. I chose to self-publish this book to make it more accessible and affordable for readers.
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