Elizabeth Engstrom is a sought-after teacher and keynote speaker at writing conferences, conventions, and seminars around the world. She has written fifteen books and edited or co-edited eight anthologies. She has over two hundred fifty short stories, articles and essays in print. Her most recent nonfiction book is How to Write a Sizzling Sex Scene. Her book Candyland was recently made into a major motion picture, “Candiland”, starring Gary Busey, Chelah Horsdal, and James Clayton. Engstrom lives in the Pacific Northwest with her fisherman-husband and their dog, where she teaches the occasional writing class, puts her pen to use for social justice, and is always working on her next book.