Elizabeth Corcoran Murray is a Pushcart nominee and her book, A Long Way from Paris, was named a KIRKUS BEST BOOKS of 2014. She publishes The Writers Connection, a resource for readers and writers with interviews withe Erik Larson, Debbie Macomber, Elizabeth George, Garth Stein, and so forth. Besides being an award winning author, editor, and teacher, she worked as a wedding hostess, marketer, stay at home Mom, bureaucrat, family resource developer, telephone book deliverer, and goatherd on the mountains of France. With a BS in philosophy and a Masters in Social Worker, Elizabeth lives a quiet life on a small island with her family and frisky cat.