About Elizabeth  Carlton

Elizabeth "Elli" Carlton began her writing career as a freelance journalist with a knack for finding the soul behind a story. She covered the music beat for two national magazines and multiple local and online publications for four years. However, fiction steered her in a new direction in 2011 when she drafted her first novel: The Royal Rogue.

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Published in October 2012, the book replaced the heroic protagonist cliché with a morally ambiguous rogue named Jaspur Clovenhoof who stumbles into an adventure of epic proportions. Readers found themselves hooked by Jaspur's emotional trials and the sharp wit that he wields as well as his sword.

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In 2015, Elli released her second novel, Chivalry’s Code, which combined two stories from different timelines into a dueling parallel full of twists and ultimatums. It, too, was embraced by her readers, as was The Rogue Trilogy's emotional third installment, Lost Prince of Nevaharday, published in 2018.

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Beyond journalism and novel writing, Elli’s 16+ year career includes writing research, marketing materials, and SEO content. She also has provided developmental editing and writing coaching services to individual clients.

She currently works for Gartner as a principal writer supporting CIO- and GenAI-based research.​