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I've been told writers should have interesting life experiences from which to draw their creative juices. My six husbands made great characters - a motorcycle racer, a hard-hat diver, an actor/bartender, a Hawaiian chef...unfortunately none were very good husband material! I lived in a variety of places - New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, six cities in Florida, and six months in Baja California before returning to California and finally moving to Texas in 1981.To subsidize my writing I found work as a waitress, bookkeeper, go-go dancer, car salesperson, retail salesperson, a psychiatric assistant, and legal and corporate secretary. But all I wanted to do is write mysteries and screenplays from the age of reason and dreams. I optioned three screenplays to a production company and a fourth was a finalist in the Empire Screenwriting Contest. I served two busy years as chapter president of Mystery Writers of America, Southwest Chapter, and currently serves as their treasurer and newsletter editor. I'm also a member of The Final Twist, the Houston chapter of Sisters in Crime.Check out my website: www.lauraelvebak.com
Lost Witness, A Niki Alexander Mystery

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My Blog

A Most Fascinating Author, Laura Elvebak, Visits With Mike Angley

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Posted by on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:54:00 GMT

LOST WITNESS is now available

A lost little boy wound up in the world of homeless teens and in the arms of counselor Niki Alexander. Did he witness a gruesome murder?Homicide Investigators Luis Perez and Nelson Spalonetti suspecte...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Lost Witness, A Niki Alexander Mystery

When a 16-year-old street kid stumbles onto a murdered Hispanic drug mule in an alley, a small boy jumps out and latches onto him. He takes the child to Niki who turns the frightened child over to CP...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:06:00 GMT

The Hero I Live With - Laura Elvebak's MySpace Blog |

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Posted by on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:47:00 GMT

The Hero I Live With

Niki Alexander had to fight for everything she achieved in life. Her college education was cut short when her father stabbed a member of the Mexican Mafia and they had to run for their lives. After he...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:35:00 GMT

Prepare or Dive Into the New Work

I have begun writing the third book in the Niki Alexander series and, after much deliberation over how I wrote the last two books, and the unpublished before that, I decided to do go about the process...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:25:00 GMT

Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats Conference 2009

http://mwasw2009.eventbrite.com?ref=myspaceshareHardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats Conference 2009Join us in Dallas and discover the world of crime and publishing with Dr. D.P. Lyle, retired FBI Agent-In...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:48:00 GMT

What a Feeling! Its Believing

There's nothing like finishing the manuscript and sending it off to the publisher. What a relief. Now I have time to do the things that have become pressing to urgent.  I get focused on one proje...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:56:00 GMT

What I Learn From Teenagers

Someone might ask why I chose troubled and lost teenagers as characters for my books. LESS DEAD is the first of the Niki Alexander series. She deals with runaways and throwaway teenagers. They are cal...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:42:00 GMT

Musings from a cab driver

The cab driver who drove me from the Dallas Love airport to the Holiday Inn Select for the Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats conference originally came from Ethiopia. It was Thursday evening i...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:55:00 GMT