About Elizabeth

Born in Ames, Iowa in the 1950’s, Elizabeth grew up surrounded by a loving and supportive family. Her father was a forest geneticist who taught and did research at Iowa State University. Her mother was a clothes designer, dress maker and housewife. Not unlike Luke, the main character of her first book, Leave It With Him, Elizabeth moved to the beautiful and lush Olympia, Washington area during her childhood. Living on the water, she developed a love for God’s awesome creation. At age 16, she came to know Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Her salvation and personal relationship with Jesus Christ changed her life from a painfully shy bookworm-type person to a more out-going and confident teenager. She moved forward to college, marriage, motherhood, and a career in interior design.

Elizabeth earned her Interior Design degree from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. It was there she met her husband, Stan, who has pursued his career in Architecture. Elizabeth has been active in the interior design field as owner of her own business.

With the backdrop of the luscious green forests, sparkling blue water, and majestic mountain peaks of the Pacific Northwest, Elizabeth and Stan raised their three daughters. Church, boating, skiing, swimming, walking, family outings and extended trips became the focus of their lives. It was during their family times together that Elizabeth and Stan taught their daughters principles from God’s Word. These principles often took the form of stories their daughters could relate to in order to help them understand life and how to deal with peer pressure, temptations, and romantic interests from a divine point-of-view.

All three of their daughters are grown and living their own lives with hopefully their own stories to tell their children.

Reviews

Some of these reviews can be found on Amazon.com®.

I really enjoyed reading your book. It brought back memories of the Boston Harbor area for me. The character development made everything so real. Each character stuck in my mind for sometime.

Marilyn Jackson

I just finished your book and wanted you to know how much I enjoyed it. I couldn't put it down for two days. You made the Northwest sound like a great place to live. Thanks for such an encouraging book.

Jacque Thompson

I am on Chapter 25 or thereabout so about half way through. I think I'll make this book without putting it down and not getting back to it. That's kinda rare for me. Tribute to you.

Dan Wheat

First, I have to congratulate you on your book. It's fantastic! I truly enjoyed it over the Christmas break. I usually don't care for romance books but yours is different. I like the fact that the book is really about Luke and Bobbi developing and building friendship. My sons asked me whether this is a kissing book (aka Princess Bride like) and I told him the only kissing comes at the end of the book :) Your faith shone through the book and it inspires me to trust God more after reading your book. Thank you! It is also obvious that you are an avid boater. Your vivid descriptions of the sights around Olympia and San Juan waters make me want to visit these places.

Phil Tsai

If you seek stories about the adventure and romance that everyday life has to offer, then Leave It With Him is for you. The author does a good job of portraying the trials and tribulation that Luke goes through as the things any ordinary teenager would experience. I also like the way that the character’s relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ is used to help the reader connect with God. This book is fun & exciting to read and I look forward to reading more about the lives of Luke and Bobbi in the future.

Meredith Ellis

This book offers every emotion possible. It lends clarity to the beauty God has created for us both emotionally and geographically. It shows blessings of not only life, but of friends, family, and the Lord Jesus.

It offers accurate history of Puget sound and surrounding areas as well as one of the oldest mainstays of industry and occupation. It holds good continuity and content both fictional and factual. There is much action, suspense, heartache, and the joy life has to offer when all are in harmony.

I am excited to read more works of this aspiring new author in the future ! !

Teri J. Bodette

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