Elle Thornton
Elle Thornton has worked as a newspaper reporter in Massachusetts, Hawaii and Kansas. She was a television reporter in Hong Kong. She is the author of two award-winning books: her debut mystery, Touch the Dead (June 2021) and The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis (YA).
Works
2021
Touch the Dead
Eden Sinclair returns to the Fox Dunes Lodge on the Florida coast to search for her missing cousin Jess. But finding answers and someone to trust prove as elusive as the shadows beneath the waves. Jess and Eden both loved Johnny, and when he comes to the lodge and takes Eden in his arms, she is forced to confront a painful question: Can she even trust herself to find the truth?
2012
The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
Awards and Recognition
- Bronze Medal, Military Writers Society of America, YA Historical Fiction, The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
- Royal Palm Literary Award First Place, Florida Writers Association, YA Historical Fiction (unpublished), The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
- Royal Palm Literary Award First Place; 2nd Runner-up Book of the Year all manuscripts, Florida Writers Association, Mystery (unpublished), Touch the Dead
- Winner of the Indie Author Project's 2021 Florida Author Project contest in the YA Fiction category, The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
Website
Location
Atlantic Beach, FL
Author Contact
Category
Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Crime, Poetry, Teens