Joani Elliott is the author of The Audacity of Sara Grayson, which received the national STAR Award for Best Debut Novel by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. It also received two Whitney Awards; the Praiseworthy Award in General Fiction by Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts; and was named a Recommended Read by the Utah League of Writers.
She has published her work in LitHub and Fresh Fiction and has taught writing at the University of Maryland and Brigham Young University. Joani loves to study and speak about the magic of shared stories and the power of living a creative life.