About
Sharon Elaine Thompson, in Salem, Oregon, is a Graduate Gemologist and Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. Her articles on business, jewelry manufacturing processes, light theory, gemstones, singing dunes, jewelry artists, design, and education have been published primarily in jewelry trade, association, and hobby publications. In addition, she has written training and educational material for the Diamond Council of America, the Gemological Institute of America, and Glencoe McGraw Hill. She reviews books for Blue Ink Review and Gems & Gemology.
Fascinated by the physical and biological sciences and wildlife, three of her four young adult titles were science related: The Greenhouse Effect; Death Trap: the Story of the La Brea Tar Pits; and Built for Speed: the Extraordinary and Enigmatic Cheetah.
Sharon writes women’s fiction/suspense under the name Liz Hartley.
Featured Work
The Illinois Caper: Book One, The Route 66 Steal
Middle-aged and mostly respectable, Tish O’Donnell and Kat Merevec have lived on promises and prayers long enough. When Tish’s philandering husband, Fitz, walks out on her, and goes back on his promise of security to Kat, they’re both determined to make him pay—by emptying the safe in his Evanston, Illinois, jewelry store.
But when they crack the safe, they’re shocked to find almost a million in cash, a stash of hot diamonds, and a glittering pile of gold ingots. What swindle is Fitz working?
Now Kat and Tish are on the run with far more than they bargained for—and from far nastier villains than a scheming soon-to-be-ex-husband. With directionally challenged Kat behind the wheel of Tish’s classic 1957 Buick convertible, they do what no one will expect—head south and west through Illinois along the unlikeliest of escape routes: the Mother Road—Route 66.
