Eleanor Whitney Nelson has enjoyed a career as an exploration geologist traveling worldwide with her geologist husband. A longtime Tucson resident, she holds degrees in English and Geology. Her short stories, mysteries, memoirs and poems can be read in a variety of anthologies and literary journals, including OASIS Journal, The Story Teller, A Way with Murder and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series (Dog Lover’s Soul, and Loving Our Dogs). She is a longtime member of Arizona Mystery Writers, the Society of Southwestern Authors and St. Philip’s Writers’ Workshop.