about me
Elwyn has been writing poetry ever since she can remember. Her work has appeared in local literary publications as well as in Dreams of Decadence, New Moon Rising, Green Egg, and the anthologies Lower Than the Angels (Lite Circle Books, 1999), Through A Glass Darkly (Lite Circle Books, 2003), and No Longer Dreams (Lite Circle Books, 2005). She co-edited a Star Trek fanzine, The Off-World Connection, has written a Star Trek/M*A*S*H cross-universe novella, and once made a very large, overstuffed tribble that grew up to be a cat scratching-post.

Her alter ego has worked at various jobs in order to feed two hungry cats. She has a B.A. in English and Mass Communications from Towson University and has taken photography classes at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art.) Her husband claims that if she were a character in the movie Mystery Men, she would be "The Snapper."

In addition to annoying people with her camera, Elwyn's interests include SF/fantasy, women's spirituality, computers, and jewelry-making. She is involved in The Lite Circle, a non-profit literary organization based in Central Maryland, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, who hosts Baltimore's annual premier science fiction convention, Balticon.

A Baltimore native, she lives in Roland Park with her husband, 2 cats, and a bunch of fish, all surrounded by as many plants as will cram into a condominium. She is co-editor with David Kriebel and Vonnie Crist of the Gothic horror/dark fantasy/mystery anthology, Through A Glass Darkly (Lite Circle Books, February 2003). She has nearly perfected the art of typing around a cat.

Some might think the name "Elwyn" was inspired by a character in an ongoing fantasy novella and a D&D adventure, but actually it was the other way around.