Raised by my grandparents after my mother died too early in life, I found life more exciting in books. This activated my imagination into my own fantasy world.
I always knew I wanted to write and sought out experiences to write about. I also knew I needed to flesh out the technical basics of my craft and enrolled in all the writing courses I could find.
Passion and romance led me to my six husbands - all of them great characters for books, but not for real life family types. Three children from three different marriages led me to find jobs that earned enough to support them, which included waitress and go-go dancer. I finally graduated to working for attorneys and oil men. But my first love was keeping pen to paper and fingers to computers.   

I have won several first place awards in writing contests and had three screenplays were optioned by a production company. I've been twice chapter president of the Southwest Chapter of MWA, presently Treasurer and Editor of the Sleuth Sayer. Also, I'm a member of Sisters-In-Crime, International Thriller Writers and outgoing president of The Final Twist Writers.

I'm the author of the Niki Alexander mysteries, Less Dead and Lost Witness. I'm included in the anthologies: Death In Texas, A Box of Texas Chocolates, Twisted Tales of Texas Landmarks.

Laura Elvebak
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Laura Elvebak
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Mystery Writers of America, Southwest Chapter
Past president, current Treasurer and editor of the Sleuth Sayer.

The Final Twist
Organization of Houston writers. Outgoing president.