About Andri E. Elia

Andri E. Elia immigrated to the US as a teenager, due to war in her native country and is a naturalized US citizen. She is an award-winning poet and novelist, and a Ph.D. Scientist. Her scientific work yielded many patented inventions of new composite materials aimed at light-weighting vehicles. The author has published 50+ patent families, more than two dozen scientific articles, and a PhD dissertation. Her passion is writing sci-fi/fantasy. She has penned 9 short stories and three novels in the Worldmaker Universe. Eltanin makes the fourth. She lives in Jacksonville, on the ocean, with her son Luke and their four cats, and continues to write.