Jake Elliot didn't go to Harvard or Yale. He hasn't won any awards for anything---EVER, but one time he bet $100 on black while playing roulette, and quickly left the table with his $200. Jake has never shook hands with the President of the United States, but he did listen to the mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, speak at their new library.However, Jake Elliot has been traditionally published 10-times, eight for short stories and two times for novels. He is an internationally published author, having recently appealed to a Canadian publishing house with a rotten short story about madness and mayhem. A critically appreciated author, both his first two novels received 4 out of 5 stars with Portland Book Review, and 7 out of 10 stars with both Speculative Book Review and Fantasy Book Review. His latest novel is so new, no one has reviewed it yet.Jake is married and instead of children they have a huge cat named Samson. He and his wife travel wherever and whenever they can, but Samson doesn't like to travel, so he bums a couch with friends or family. So far to date, Jake has been 830-feet below the Earth's surface just to learn what real darkness is, he's ridden a wild river through a dense jungle, and he was once terrorized all night by a desert mouse wanting a forgotten packet of Saltines tucked in his backpack. He and his wife narrowly escaped Hurricane Isabella as she pummeled Nicaragua in 2009, and in 2013 they enjoyed a double-shot of Bushmill's and a pint of Harps in Dublin while watching the Saint Paddy's Day Parade on television---as the parade rolled by a mere two blocks away. Twisted versions of all these events find their way into his stories. It might be why people like his tales, even if he didn't go to Harvard or Yale.To learn more and see writing samples-- http://jakeelliotfiction.com/my-books/