The Apple Tree Blossoms in The Fall, is the life journey of Carineh - a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, but most of all a woman of purpose. From stories of her parents held-up by bandits; the white donkey gifted by Khomeini; her father's death f
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
Elizaveta Ristrova moves around the world as needed to accomodate her misanthropy and need for new writing material.
Background
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Currently in Manila, Philippines, Ristrova keeps a day job as a non-ambulance chasing, non-corporate lawyer. She enjoys picking at the underbellies of the societies she inhabits and sees absurdity in reality. She likes singing the blues, making soy brownies, creating kindergarten-style art, and proselytizing about the environment.
Birth Place
Baton Rouge, LA USA
Accomplishments
Author of Taking Off My Sweater, Something Short of Salvation, Small Fish in a Small Pond, and We in Pieces.