“There is an itch beneath my fingernails; it drives me to create.”
K. Elizabeth Fitzgerald has been writing for as long as she has been playing music – that is to say, most of her life. It is less a hobby than a need, and she has often been known to claim that she writes to ward off “the itch underneath my fingernails; it drives me to create.” Born and raised in Texas (where she owns neither a horse nor a cowboy hat) she studied Creative Writing at SNHU with a concentration in screenwriting and fiction while working at an old-fashioned ice cream parlor by day and apprenticing to become a music instrument repair technician by night. A Jack-of-all-trades (and a master of none) she has been a French teacher, a music tutor, a jewelry maker, a contracted essayist, and a studio manager at a music shop. This led her to seek out an apprenticeship as an instrument repair technician under the mentorship of Andre Yanniello, combining her love of music with her fascination for small, shiny objects.
Combining the arts
If asked to describe the types of novels she hopes to write, the only consistent answer is: everything. Anything from fantasy political thrillers to contemporary romantic comedies – no genre is off limits. Her first novel, Steal Away (a historical mafia thriller not yet published) is a love letter to the arts.
When she is not writing, K. Elizabeth may be found attending concerts ranging in genre from classical to K-pop, experimenting with bookbinding, or hanging out with cats at her local animal shelter. She currently still lives in Texas with her family, a collection of antique fountain pens, and far, far too many books.
K. Elizabeth Fitzgerald 