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Elise Valmorbida is an Italian Australian writer and creative writing tutor who lives in London, England. Biography Having graduated in English from the University of Melbourne, and later in graphic design from Central St. Martin's, Valmorbida was creative director at The Body Shop, then at Anglo-American brand agency Fitch. She is now the creative director of Word-Design.Her debut novel Matilde Waltzing was published in 1997 and nominated for two national literary awards. Her second book, a collection of true love stories, The Book Of Happy Endings was published in the UK, Australasia and America in 2007. In the following year, it was published in new translated editions in Korea (publ. Woongjing) and Germany (publ. Droemer). Her short stories have been published internationally via The Ian St James Award, Carve Magazine and anthologies such as From Here to Here, Common Ground, and The Bard & Co. Her satirical novel The TV President was published by CB Editions in October 2008. It was described in The Times Literary Supplement as "luridly entertaining fiction". Her novel The Winding Stick was published by Two Ravens Press in May 2009. It was hailed as "a literary classic in the making" and voted book of the year by reviewer A. Brooke on literary website Vulpes Libris. In 2013, the Serbian edition of The Book of Happy Endings was launched by publishers Vulkan. In 2016, The Bookseller reported that Valmorbida's historical novel The Madonna of the Mountains, dubbed "a 21st-century Gone with the Wind", was to be published by Faber & Faber in 2018.The Madonna of the Mountains was first published in spring 2018 to critical acclaim, including The Times Book of the Month. The cover and endpaper design by Liberty London was the first title in Faber's new partnership with Liberty. The US edition was published by Spiegel & Grau, launching in June 2018. Translations of the novel include Czech, German, French, Russian, Polish, Dutch and other editions. At the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards it won the Prize for Fiction.In September 2021, Laurence King (Orion/Hachette) published Valmorbida's The Happy Writing Book, a non-fiction guide to creative writing and wellbeing, winning praise from Bryony Lavery, John-Paul Flintoff, and Oliver Kamm of The Times who wrote "There are many guides to good writing but none as valuable as this." Author and Guardian columnist Tobias Jones chose it as one of his books of the year. In January 2022, the French edition was published (Pyramyd Editions) with the title Le Bonheur D'Écrire.Valmorbida was one of eight 'Women of Liberty' photographed by Mary McCartney.Valmorbida is a creative writing tutor at Central Saint Martin's, University of the Arts, London, Guardian Masterclasses, Faber Academy and Arvon Foundation. She also leads creative writing workshops at literary festivals and community-building organisations. For five years, she was External Examiner for the Professional Writing MA at Falmouth University. She is a board director of writers' association '26'. In 2017, she was D&AD President of Jury (Writing for Design).In 2007, she produced Saxon, a micro-budget independent film released in 2009. SAXON toured international film festivals in Edinburgh, Israel, Europe and London's East End. The film was nominated for the Michael Powell Award (Best New British Feature) at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and won the European Independent Film Festival's Best European Dramatic Feature award.Valmorbida was honoured as a Trailblazer by the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007.Valmorbida's unique phrase 'a carnival of snackery' (written and copyrighted for Dishoom in 2012), was taken as the title for a book by David Sedaris published in 2021. The use of her words as the book's title was referenced in his diary entry dated March 23, 2013, but his book was published in various editions without proper acknowledgment. Awards Valmorbida has received awards from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, RSA and Edinburgh International Film Festival. Her novel The Madonna of the Mountains won the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for fiction, was shortlisted for the 2019 Edward Stanford Award for Fiction, and listed as a Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommendation. References . Discover the Elise Faber popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elise Faber books.

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  • Scored synopsis, comments

    Scored

    Elise Faber

    I had the world. Then he told me he wanted a divorce. I was the first female hockey player in the NHL. I’d broken barriers, kicked butt on the ice, made a family out of a group of ...

  • Bad Divorce synopsis, comments

    Bad Divorce

    Elise Faber

    He was back. With the news that their divorce had never been finalized. As in she was still freaking married. And worse? Luke was determined to prove that ending their shortlived m...

  • Breathless synopsis, comments

    Breathless

    Elise Faber

    Professional hockey players weren’t supposed to get their hearts broken. But that’s precisely what happened to Marcel Aubert, forward for the Breakers. He’d fallen hard for his ex,...

  • Checked synopsis, comments

    Checked

    Elise Faber

    She was in love with him. The worst part? He knew. It was Rebecca’s job to help keep the players on the San Francisco Gold healthy and she was damned good at it. Unfortunately, not...

  • Broken synopsis, comments

    Broken

    Elise Faber

    She was his best friend. And he was in love with her. Then she showed up at his house, her ex suddenly out of the picture, and Luc knew he finally had a shot. A real shot with Lexi...

  • Dark Phoenix synopsis, comments

    Dark Phoenix

    Elise Faber

    Black magic. An immoral enemy who will stop at nothing to get what they want. And deathtoo close to those she cares about. Daughtry’s life changed forever when she bonded with Cody...

  • Bad Billionaires Quickies synopsis, comments

    Bad Billionaires Quickies

    Elise Faber

    Bad Date Blind dates were the absolute worst. Awkward, filled to the brim with small talk, and they never, ever worked out. Kay knew all that. Yet for some reason, she still had ag...

  • Bad Billionaires 2 synopsis, comments

    Bad Billionaires 2

    Elise Faber

    Bad Hookup She’d always been a good girl. Except when it came to him. She’d done all the “bad girl” things with him, and they had been glorious. Until he’d vanished the next mornin...

  • Phoenix Freed synopsis, comments

    Phoenix Freed

    Elise Faber

    A proposal. A sibling. An enemy that never gives up. Daughtry has been to hell and back with a man who will never leave her side. With Cody in her life, she’s the happiest she’s ev...

  • Dotted Line synopsis, comments

    Dotted Line

    Elise Faber

    Everyone thought I had it together. That I was tough and powerful and a takenoprisoners woman at the top of my industry. And I was. At work. I always sealed the deal, nabbed the co...

  • Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    I slept with the wrong twin. And all I got for it in return was a broken heart.  Oh yeah, and a baby on the waythere’s that too. But I’m determined to make it on my own. I don...

  • Bad Billionaires Box Set synopsis, comments

    Bad Billionaires Box Set

    Elise Faber

    Bad Night Stand I’d brought him home thinking that for once in my life I would live a little. Then he’d walked out, and I’d chalked the experience up to a bad onenight stand. Now w...

  • Roughed synopsis, comments

    Roughed

    Elise Faber

    Charging Once upon a time she’d been an intern. Once upon a time he’d been a rookie. Then Logan had broken her heart. No. He’d freaking nuked it. But now Charlotte was older and as...

  • Bad Breakup synopsis, comments

    Bad Breakup

    Elise Faber

    Twice he’d broken her. CeCe was supposed to be traveling the world, taking the vacation she had always dreamed of, living the life she’d always hoped for. Not pushing away an ex wh...

  • From Ashes synopsis, comments

    From Ashes

    Elise Faber

    Gabby has a secret that might get her kicked out of the only true home she’s ever known.  Her powers, her magic that every one of her people are born with isn’t right. It’s br...

  • A Breakers Christmas synopsis, comments

    A Breakers Christmas

    Elise Faber

    Join your favorite players from the Breakers in a collection of bonus holiday epilogues and a special Christmas surprise for Theo! Christmas time with the Breakers means team bondi...

  • Caged synopsis, comments

    Caged

    Elise Faber

    She’d thought he was going to ask her to fix his computer. Instead, he’d asked her out. Shy. God, she was so painfully, awkwardly shy. And she was surrounded by gorgeous, sexy men ...

  • Close Up synopsis, comments

    Close Up

    Elise Faber

    I didn’t do second dates. Not ever.  Like never, ever. No judgment, no censure or selfloathing. I took what men were willing to give for one night and moved on. Except for Dam...

  • Desire at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Desire at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    Rex Roosevelt doesn’t believe in love. He believes in women, in sex, and in avoiding any and all types of responsibility. What he doesn’t believe in is playing the white knight by ...

  • Boarding synopsis, comments

    Boarding

    Elise Faber

    He was her fantasy. But having him would get her fired… Plus, everyone knew that relationships between normal women and gorgeous, talented men were doomed to fail. Or maybe it was ...

  • A Gold Christmas synopsis, comments

    A Gold Christmas

    Elise Faber

    Christmas time with the Gold is usually full of cheer. But this year is leaving Brit feeling unsettled. Her best friend and love of her life is acting more Grinch than Kringle and ...

  • Regret at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Regret at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    Henry Miller was nobody. Not any longer anyway. He used to be an up and coming chef in New York City, training under one of the most famous celebrity chefs in the world. But that h...

  • Iced synopsis, comments

    Iced

    Elise Faber

    Blocked He’s the playboy she shouldn’t want. She’s the woman he can’t live without. Brit has spent her entire professional career trying to prove that she deserves a spot with the ...

  • Bad Hookup synopsis, comments

    Bad Hookup

    Elise Faber

    She’d always been a good girl. Except when it came to him. She’d done all the “bad girl” things with him, and they had been glorious. Until he’d vanished the next morning. No note....

  • In Flames synopsis, comments

    In Flames

    Elise Faber

    Healer Suz was known for her cool head, steady presence, and impeccable composure under pressurea pressure that included magical attacks against her people, the Rengalla, and her o...

  • Train Wreck synopsis, comments

    Train Wreck

    Elise Faber

    Pepper O’Brien was Hollywood royalty. Also, her life sucked. Money couldn’t buy everythingincluding grace, true love, and the ability to not screw up. Every. Single. Time. Which wa...

  • Coasting synopsis, comments

    Coasting

    Elise Faber

    Calle Stevens wasn’t what one would call a risktaker. She was steady. She was even. She was . . . Pregnant. Oh God. How was she pregnant? Well, she knew the how part, but that wasn...

  • Bad Romance synopsis, comments

    Bad Romance

    Elise Faber

    She’d been broken. He was determined to help her put the pieces back together.   Looking after the woman he’d claimed as his was in Asher’s blood. It was what a Hutchins man d...

  • Bad Swipe synopsis, comments

    Bad Swipe

    Elise Faber

    She blamed the dating app. Stef saw his picturehis smile, the rugged line of his jaw, the way the man could fill out a suit, and like an idiot, she fell a bit in love with him. And...

  • Backhand synopsis, comments

    Backhand

    Elise Faber

    He’s a bad boy. She’s the woman who’ll make him leave all that behind. Name a bad behavior and he’s done itdone it so well that he almost tanked his career as a starting defenseman...

  • End Scene synopsis, comments

    End Scene

    Elise Faber

    First came the director yelling, “Action! Next came the actual acting. Last came . . . the end scene. Or at least, that was what I liked to call my job as a publicist to Hollywood’...

  • Bad Husband synopsis, comments

    Bad Husband

    Elise Faber

    He was her mortal enemy in the business world. But in the real world? He had a soft spot…and it was only for her. And when sexy, smart, and oftentimes cold Clay Steele showed that ...

  • Love, Pucks, and Other Stories synopsis, comments

    Love, Pucks, and Other Stories

    Elise Faber

    I hated hockey players. While the Rush had cleaned up their act and were no long wreaking havoc in my town, Joelcaptain and a talented forward on the teamwas wreaking havoc on my l...

  • Heartbreak at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Heartbreak at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    I had it all. Two beautiful children. A gainfully employed husband. A successful food blog. The only thing missing from my life was . . . heat. And I wanted to live. To live loudly...

  • Big Puck Energy synopsis, comments

    Big Puck Energy

    Elise Faber

    I played hard and lived even harder. At least until the mayor of River’s Bend got it in her head that the hockey players carousing through her small town in Nowhere, California wer...

  • Bad Bridesmaid synopsis, comments

    Bad Bridesmaid

    Elise Faber

    It began with a cock. Of the rooster variety. It ended with a groomsman toppling into the wedding cake. Heidi hadn’t meant to be a bad bridesmaid. She loved her best friend, and th...

  • Knotted Laces synopsis, comments

    Knotted Laces

    Elise Faber

    I fell for the woman who’s in love with my brother. As a professional hockey player, there’s no shortage of women who want me. Just…not the woman I want. Because she’s in love with...

  • Bad Rebound synopsis, comments

    Bad Rebound

    Elise Faber

    She was gorgeous…and infuriating. And he couldn’t stop thinking about her. Jeremy was used to taking care of people. His brothers, his sister, his mom. Hell, he’d been the “man” of...

  • Broken Laces synopsis, comments

    Broken Laces

    Elise Faber

    This team of misfits and bad boys is going to puck you in the best possible way.   I’m the captain… And I’m in love with the owner’s daughter. I played my entire career with t...

  • Christmas at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Christmas at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    Ah. Christmas. The most miserable time of the year. Elizabeth hated it. She had too much work to do to stop and hang lights or wrap presents or waste time beneath the mistletoe. ...

  • Crossing The Line synopsis, comments

    Crossing The Line

    Elise Faber

    I saved him. Well, maybe he saved me. Or perhaps we saved each other. All I knew was that one second, I was bickering with the man I pretended to despisea man I secretly wanted mor...

  • Bad Best Friend synopsis, comments

    Bad Best Friend

    Elise Faber

    Six overprotective older brothers. One hopelessly single younger sister. She loved her brothers, but, hell, they were ANNOYING. And good at scaring off every single man she’d ever ...

  • Bad Night Stand synopsis, comments

    Bad Night Stand

    Elise Faber

    I’d brought him home thinking that for once in my life I would live a little. Then he’d walked out, and I’d chalked the experience up to a bad onenight stand. Now weeks later I was...

  • Blocked synopsis, comments

    Blocked

    Elise Faber

    He’s the playboy she shouldn’t want. She’s the woman he can’t live without. Brit has spent her entire professional career trying to prove that she deserves a spot with the guys. So...

  • Collision at Roosevelt Ranch synopsis, comments

    Collision at Roosevelt Ranch

    Elise Faber

    It began with a collision. Not in the sense of souls colliding or even stars aligning, but in a reallife, totally her fault, bumperscrunching, framesbending, airbagsdeploying crash...

  • Free Fall synopsis, comments

    Free Fall

    Elise Faber

    He was her mortal enemy. And…he’d decided she was his.   She loved being a doctor. She didn’t love Connor Jackson.   Picking. Poking. Prodding. The man had never met a bu...

  • Phoenix Rising synopsis, comments

    Phoenix Rising

    Elise Faber

    A dangerous man with piercing green eyes. A powerful ability that is rearing out of control. Daughtry stumbles into a world where magic is real and the possibilities for her futu...

  • Rum and Notes synopsis, comments

    Rum and Notes

    Elise Faber

    My life was boring until I met him. Painfully tedious, pathetically lonely, and I absolutely hated it. But I was too scared to do anything about it. Too scared to change . . . at l...