Elizabeth Engstrom
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| Born | Bette Lynn Gutzmer May 11, 1951 Elmhurst, Illinois, United States |
| Pen name | Elizabeth Engstrom, Liz Cratty |
| Occupation | Writer, Teacher |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | Speculative fiction, Horror fiction, Fantasy |
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Elizabeth Engstrom was born Bette Lynn (Betsy) Gutzmer, but she legally changed her name to Elizabeth Engstom a few years after publishing her first novel under that pseudonym. She is married to Al Cratty, and sometimes writes under the name Liz Cratty as well. She is best known as a speculative fiction writer. She was nominated for a 1992 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection fo her book Nightmare Flower. Her anthology Dead on Demand: The Best of Ghost Story Weekend spent six months on the Library Journal "Best Seller List." Her short story, "Crosley", was picked to be included in The Thirteenth Annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow. Her work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Horror Show, American Fantasy Magazine, and Cemetery Dance.
Elizabeth Engstrom also gives writing seminars on subjects like Structural Fiction, Sensual Fiction, Kick Start Your Novel, Architecture of Fiction. She was the owner of TripleTree Publishing, but they are now closed. TripleTree Publishing put more than 200 people in print for the first time.
She was an instructor and eventually Director of the Maui Writers Conference and its Department of Continuing Education. She has her Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Writing from Marylhurst University. As of September 2007 she is currently in graduate school, pursuing a degree in Applied Theology.
She gives a large portion of book sales on her website to the Melanoma Research Foundation.
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[edit] Selected bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Lizzie Borden
- When Darkness Loves Us (Hardcover 1985, William Morrow; Paperback 1986, Tor Books)
- Black Ambrosia (1986, Tor Books)
- Lizard Wine ISBN 0-9666272-1-0
- Black Leather ISBN 0-9716638-5-8
- The Northwoods Chronicles (TBA)
[edit] Short Story Collections
- The Alchemy of Love (introduced by Jack Ketchum and illustrated by Alan M. Clark)
- Suspicions ISBN 0-9666272-9-6
[edit] Anthologies
- Imagination Fully Dilated co-edited with Alan M. Clark
- Imagination Fully Dilated Volume II co-edited with Alan M. Clark
- Dead on Demand: The Best of Ghost Story Weekend
[edit] Nonfiction
- The Maui Writers Conference Presents: Word by Word: An Inspirational Look at the Craft of Writing co-authored with John Tullius (also features Terry Brooks, Jackie Collins, Michael Eberhardt, Richard Paul Evans, Ernest J. Gaines, Julie Garwood, Elizabeth George, David Guterson, Tony Hillerman, Susan Isaacs, Ridley Pearson, Nicholas Sparks, Mitch Albom, Kenneth C. Davis, Ron Howard, Ron Bass, Mike Scully and many more). ISBN 0-9666272-6-1
[edit] Lectures on audio
Elizabeth Engstrom has made some of her seminars available on CD and cassette
- The Art of the Short Story
- Writing a Well-Crafted Sex Scene
- Creating Memorable Characters
