Elena Moriarty is the author of The Hunt of the Halfling, the first book in her Crimson Tale series. It is also her first piece of published work. She lives in Brisbane with her partner, their dog Jinx, and roughly a thousand house plants (all of which probably need to be watered). Elena had been writing since she was a young girl, but before she wrote, she read. Nights were spent hiding books beneath her bedsheets and pretending to be asleep when her parents checked on her. Of course she was always caught out, but it never stopped her from trying to finish that last chapter before sleep, desperate to know how the story ended. Now, she writes her own stories because she feels the need to explore her own worlds. If she couldn't write, she would feel starved. To write feels like breathing after being underwater; it's a need, not a want. Other than writing, her favourite things include resin art, grape soft drink, crystals, barnyard animals, travelling, embroidery, candles, and art prints.
