Meet Ellis Vidler, Author of Cold Comfort and this month’s speaker

As a child in the South, Ellis Vidler spent long, hot days imagining herself an Indian or pioneer or musketeer. At night she (and her whole family) read. From Tarzan and D’Artagnan to Anne Shirley and Nancy Drew, she lived them all. No angst in her childhood. So what did she do as an adult? Write fiction, what else? She loves creating characters and making them do what she wants, but mostly they take off on their own and leave her hurrying to catch up.

All her stories have some degree of romance and a lot of suspense. Her first book, published by Silver Dagger Mysteries, was Haunting Refrain. The second was The Peeper, a suspense novel co-authored with retired LEO Jim Christopher. (He’s a terrific storyteller!) And now, Cold Comfort, her new romantic suspense.

Cold Comfort is suspense with a love story, or maybe it could be called an old-fashioned romantic suspense–a little sex, bad language, and violence. It’s available now in eBook and print from Echelon Press.

When Christmas shop owner Claire Spencer is attacked, she hires burned out security consultant Ben Riley to find out why. Together they find everything she believed is a lie, but the truth is . . .Cold Comfort.

Ellis writes crime fiction, usually suspense, with varying degrees of romance. After all, love makes the world go round, but death stops it cold. These two elements seem essential to creating characters, conflict, and an exciting plot. Besides, it’s what she likes to read. And how could you write something you wouldn’t want to read?

Ellis is an author, editor, and speaker. She grew up in North Alabama, studied English and art at All Saints College for Women, and thoroughly enjoyed studying creative writing under the great Scott Regan. She taught elements of fiction at a community college. Her home is now the South Carolina Piedmont with her husband and dogs.

Visit her website at www.ellisvidler.com.

AnAuthor World Community Meeting
When: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Place: Conference Room, Downtown Greenville Airport (100 Tower Drive)
Directions: From N. Pleasantburg Drive, turn onto Tower Drive (Krispy Kreme Donuts is on the corner at the light) and drive all the way to the end. The big building in front of you is the Downtown Greenville Airport. Park in front of the building (it’s free to park) and go inside. You can ask someone at the desk where the conference room is located (it’s easy to find).