Elise Crawford was born on a cold and wet November day in the Motor City the year U. S. troops were sent to prevent the South Vietnamese government from collapsing, during election week the year the Voting Rights Act was signed into congress, the year Kellogg’s introduced Pop Tarts, and the year that the first close up photographs of Mars were taken. Elise moved with her mother and younger sister, Jenny, to Seattle in 1968.

Although not formally educated as a writer, Elise has been writing creative fiction since she was eight years old. Elise holds several Associate of Arts degrees; one in Liberal Arts, two in Social Sciences, and one Technical. Throughout her college education she maintained her membership with the Phi Theta Kappa honor society while raising her two children single-handedly and working on the college campus part-time teaching college level English to fellow ESL students. 

Elise is a native of Washington; she and Roberto reside in Lynnwood, Washington, with their four cats—Sniffles, Lucky, Foxy, and Fluke. Their CEDAR-AL business continues to flourish and prosper. Elise has two grown children; a son, Dale, and a daughter, Lexi. Her son, Dale, is currently serving in the United States Navy as an aviation ordinance man. His ultimate goal is to become a member of S.W.A.T. He plans to make the Navy his career. Her daughter, Lexi, lives in southwest Washington, works full-time in a bank, and attends a technical college full-time. Her ultimate goal is to become an architectural engineer.

A Promise Kept is Elise’s first book; “Spiritual Intervention” was her first short story prior to the writing of this book. She is currently working on Wednesday’s Child, a prequel to A Promise Kept.

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A Promise Kept is unique because although it was intended for an audience affected by tragic loss, it has also appealed to the general reader. It’s an all- encompassing real-life story of love, tragedy, murder, loss, hopelessness, supernatural mystery, grief, FAITH, and eventual triumph that wraps up with a hero and a happily-ever-after. 

A Promise Kept is interesting because I take on several roles within the story: as the narrator, as the one affected by the heartbreaking tragedy, and as an observer.

I believe people like to read stories about how another person overcomes adversity. And I believe that by demonstrating through my story how Faith can work in even the most ordinary person’s life, I will encourage others to move forward and not give up.

When I was ready to begin the healing process, I set out in search of some sort of an instruction manual to help me manage the difficult rite of passage that I faced. A Promise Kept would have been that book I was looking for.