Elena Meredith is a writer in Boulder, Colorado. She is writing a children’s picture book biography and a picture book series about travel.

Elena grew up amongst the cornfields and dairy farms of Southeastern Minnesota. Her family owned an independent bookstore and every room in their house had an overflowing bookcase. Elena and her three siblings were raised on stories by George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, Laura Ingalls Wilder, James Herriot, and Gary Paulsen. In elementary school, Elena’s cartoons were featured in the Post-Bulletin’s special Earth Day section (back when they published your home address in the newspaper). At age 10, Elena was one of the second-prize winners in Scholastic Storyworks’ Magic School Bus writing contest, which received more than 25,000 entries. In high school, Elena worked at her family’s bookstore and competed in ballroom dancesport. Elena began college as a journalism major at The University of Minnesota, but soon realized she wanted to take more creative license with her stories and transferred to the University of Tampa, where she graduated with a B.A. in Writing. During college she worked as a research assistant for author and poet Enid Shomer.

Elena started her career in publishing, working as a literary publicist for nearly a decade, managing media campaigns for over 400 books. Her projects included books on surfing, alpinism, environmental activism, education, adventure memoirs, and children’s books. She worked on a literal book launch to the International Space Station for Story Time From Space, and helped support the Save the Boundary Waters campaign to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in Northern Minnesota. She is a member of SCBWI Rocky Mountain chapter.

Elena lives in Boulder with her family. She enjoys visiting libraries and bookstores around the world, and always makes time for an adventure.