Alana Lorens (aka Barbara Mountjoy) has been a published writer for over 45 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida. Her list of publications includes the non-fiction book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, published by Impact Publishers in 1999, stories in A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women, in December 2008, and A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Parents, in June 2009. Her Clan Elves of the Bitterroot series (as Lyndi Alexander) is available from Dragonfly Publishing; THE ELF QUEEN in 2010 and THE ELF CHILD in March 2011, THE ELF MAGE in 2012, and THE ELF GUARDIAN in 2013.Her newest release (as Alana Lorens) is ENCOUNTER, from Dragonfly Publishing, as well. A freak snowstorm strands a group of high-priced lawyers, a truckload of illegal Mexicans and a killer in a New Mexico retreat. Who will survive?book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb96vbSfiH8She also has That Girl's the One I Love, from The Wild Rose Press in September 2012A Recipe For Success, a story in the anthology SIDEKICKS, spring 2013 from Alliteration InkThe Pittsburgh Lady Lawyers series:Conviction of the Heart, romantic suspense from The Wild Rose Press, 2012See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84IZoH-JKwSecond Chances, Zumaya Publications, July 2012See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMtSxd6FQQVoodoo Dreams, romantic suspense from The Wild Rose Press, October 2013book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1aJmCwdYk&t=78sTender Misdemeanors, romantic suspense from the Wild Rose Press, March 2020Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlVFvMZw0a0&t=57sand SECRETS IN THE SAND, in the Crimson Rose line from The Wild Rose Press. book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U26_4t9yRAShe's a single mother of seven with two children on the autism spectrum, a quilter, a gardener, and woman of all trades. When she has time, she blogs on a variety of subjects, including autism, science fiction and life at http://awalkabout.wordpress.comTo learn more about Alana, see http://alana-lorens.comFriend Alana on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/AlanaLorensRead more about this authorRead less about this author