About the featured author:
From the author’s website:
Elise Hart Kipness is a national tv sports reporter turned bestselling author of the Kate Green Series, which has been optioned by a major network for TV development. The series has received widespread acclaim, earning recognition as a Men’s Journal Top 10 Book of the Year, a Woman’s Day Must-Read Selection, a Scripps News Beach Read Pick, a News 12 Connecticut Suspenseful Thrillers Recommendation, and a Fresh Fiction Subscription Box Selection.
The Kate Green series is based on Elise’s experience in the high-pressure, adrenaline-pumping world of live TV. Like her protagonist, she chased marquee athletes through the tunnels of Madison Square Garden and stood before glaring lights reporting to national audiences. (At five feet, she often stood on a milk crate to interview NBA players).
In addition to reporting for Fox Sports Network, Elise was a reporter at New York’s WNBC-TV, News 12 Long Island, and the Associated Press, covering events including the Olympics, NBA and NCAA Championships, and the US Open.
She is a graduate of Brown University, an instructor at the Westport Writers’ Workshop, a board member of Friends of Key West Library, and the co-founding president of the Connecticut chapter of Sisters in Crime.
When not writing, Elise loves reading, binge-watching thrillers, and she will fight you for the last scoop of coffee ice cream.
Elise has two college-age sons. Elise, her husband and their three labradoodles split their time between Key West, Florida and Stamford, Connecticut.
About Elise’s book Close Call:
In a hard-hitting thriller, Kate Green courts danger once again when the famous subject of her next story is kidnapped during the US Open.
With a hard-won Emmy now gracing her mantel, sports reporter and former Olympian Kate Green turns her energy to the action unfolding in Flushing Meadows. Working on a feature for her weekly TV show, she spotlights two of today’s biggest female tennis stars: the sunny up-and-comer and the brash veteran. But the project goes sideways when one turns up missing.
Following an interview with Kate, one player receives a sinister text with a disturbing photo of the other woman, bound and gagged. Kate calls on her estranged father, an NYPD detective, for help in launching a search. Although wary he’s hiding something, she’s not sure where else to turn.
Their investigation leads to the victim’s hometown—and a growing list of suspects. The kidnapper threatens to spill secrets that could destroy lives. Tangled up in a deadly web of deceit, Kate races to connect the dots and find the missing player…before it’s too late.
Author visits:
Author visits with Elise are available via Adventures by the Book here.