About Elora
Elora is an author of young adult fiction who loves to write about ambitious girls living glamorous and dangerous lives. She grew up outside of Toronto and now travels often to and from the East Coast. Her name comes from the movie Willow, which destined her for a love of storytelling.
In the Company of Killers is her debut novel.
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Elora grew up outside Toronto, Canada in a township filled with horses that her horse-loving heart adored and open skies for her imagination to dream big. She was drawn to stories from a young age through books, movies, manga and video games, igniting her own imagination. Some of her most beloved books growing up were Black Beauty and the Pony Pals series to absolutely no one's surprise.
She sought a career in film both in front of and behind the camera throughout her childhood before switching back to the written word in her early twenties. Prior to the switch, she had the pleasure of working on shows for Scott Brothers Entertainment and Shaftesbury Films and trained at renowned acting schools like RADA and LAMDA in London, England during their summer programs.
She attended Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), completing her BA in Creative Industries, and spent many hours writing her stories for the pursuit of traditional publication during that time. Finally, in 2023, she sold her debut to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in the US and Hachette Children's Group in the UK.
Elora now splits her time (nearly) evenly between her family's home in Grey-Bruce, Ontario and St. John's, Newfoundland thanks to her younger self falling face-first in love with a kind-hearted Newfie who only sometimes teases her for her odd quirks and ramble-y monologues about the weather and what her dream could possibly mean from the night before.