ELAINE BOSSIK had three careers: as magazine editor, medical writer and teacher in the New York City school system. She received BA and MS degrees from Brooklyn College (City University of New York), and now serves as a staff columnist for Scriptologist.com, writing how-to articles for aspiring screenwriters under the name of Elaine Radford.
While her professional experience helped shape her writing, her fascination with people—their motivations and the everyday dramas they create—is the inspiration for her fiction. She believes that really great stories begin and end with provocative characters.
Growing up in Brooklyn, NY and as a young adult traveling in Israel, she found the rich details for the events that take place in this novel.
Author Appearances 2023
February 7, 2023: Fiction Writing Instructor: Fiction Writing Workshop with Boca Raton Pen Women (NLAPW), W. Boynton Beach Public Library, Boynton Beach, FL.
February 16, 2023: Fiction Writing Instructor: Fiction Writing Workshop with Boca Raton Pen Women (NLAPW), Delray Beach Public Library, Delray Beach, FL.
Author Appearances 2022
March 13, 2022: Author Reading: Author Fest – Delray Beach Library, Delray Beach, FL
Author Appearances 2012 – 2019
January 6, 2012: Book Talk: Weisman Delray Community Center, Delray Beach, FL
January 8, 2012: 13th Annual Authors Showcase: Delray Beach Library, Delray Beach, FL
October 11, 2012: Book Talk: Delray Beach Library Author Series, Delray Beach, FL
November 15, 2012: Book Review: Cascade Lakes Book Club, Boynton Beach, FL
January 14, 2013: Book Review: Palm Isles Book Club, Boynton Beach, FL
February 2, 2013: Artful Extravaganza (Art, Books, Music Fair), Boca Raton Branch of NLAPW, So. County Civic Center, Jog Road, Delray Beach, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
February 6, 2013: Book Talk: Greater West Boynton Hadassah, Delray Beach, FL
February 11, 2013: Book Review: Floral Lakes Book Club, Delray Beach, FL
February 13, 2013: Book Talk: Temple Beth Tikvah Sisterhood, Greenacres, FL
April 9, 2013: Book Talk: ORT Luncheon, Cascades, Boynton Beach, FL
May 11, 2013 & May 18, 2013: Book Talk and Book Signing, Murder on the Beach Mystery Book Store, Delray Beach, FL, 3:00 p.m.
September 23, 2013: Book Talk – Lakeside Atlantic West ORT group, Patch Reef Park, Boca Raton, FL
October 9, 2013: Book Talk – Bellaggio ORT group, Bellaggio, Lake Worth, FL
October 16, 2013: Book Talk – Park Place Hadassah, Pembroke Pines, FL
November 2, 2013: Book Talk: Author Showcase – Parkland Library, Parkland, FL
November 12, 2013: Book Talk – Cypress Lakes Hadassah Group, West Palm Beach, FL
December 11, 2013: Book Talk – Tamarac ORT Group, Woodlands Country Club, Tamarac, FL
January 29, 2014: Book Talk with National League of American PEN Women – West Boca Raton Library, Glades Rd., FL
April 24, 2014: Book Talk – Olympus Hadassah, Hallendale, FL
May 7th, 2015: Book Talk with National League of American PEN Women – Hagen Ranch Road Library, Delray Beach, FL 2:00 p.m.
April 13, 2016: Book Reading with Women’s National Book Association – Murder on the Beach Mystery Book Store, Delray Beach, FL 6:30 p.m.
February 8, 2017: Book Talk – Huntington Lakes Women’s Club, Delray Beach, FL
October 7, 2017: Author Panel – Why I Write, Mystery Book Store, Delray Beach, FL
October 25, 2017: Book Talk – Boca Raton Pen Women, Publishing Experiences, Mystery Book Store, Delray Beach, FL
November 16, 2017: Book Talk – Valencia Reserve, Hadassah, Boynton Beach, FL
April 25, 2018: Book Talk – Buena Vida Hadassah, Wellington, FL
June 19, 2018: Book Talk – Valencia Shores Hadassah, Boynton Beach, FL
November 9, 2018: Book Talk – PGA Members Club, West Palm Beach, FL
October 24, 2018: Buena Vida, Wellington, FL Author moderates Pen Women Panel Discussion — Why are we in love with love stories?
November 27, 2018: Book Talk – Covered Bridge Hadassah, Lake Worth, FL
February 13, 2019: Delray Beach Library, Delray Beach, FL – Author moderates Pen Women and WNBA panel discussion on short fiction
March 23, 2019: Delray Beach Library, Delray Beach, FL – Author moderates Pen Women fiction-writing workshop and leads instruction on writing descriptions.
March 28, 2019: Book Talk – Boca Sabra Hadassah, South County Civic Center, Delray Beach, FL
August 17, 2019: Fiction Panel Discussion with Boca Pen Women at Murder on the Beach Mystery Book Story, Delray Beach, FL
September 10, 2019: Book Talk – Valencia Pointe Hadassah, Boynton Beach, FL
March 13, 2022: Delray Beach Library, Delray Beach FL – Author reading at annual Author Book Fest