Elissa Grodin

Elissa D. Grodin writes children's books -- both fiction and non-fiction -- as well as murder mysteries. Her murder mysteries are cleverly-plotted, character-driven whodunnits, featuring Edwina Goodman, an assistant professor of theoretical physics at an Ivy League college. Edwina's outsized curiosity, plus her ability to see connections where others do not -- make her an ideal crime-busting sidekick for her police detective boyfriend. Edwina tells her students, " Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."