Tori Eldridge is the national bestselling author and Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards finalist of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series-- The Ninja Daughter , The Ninja\'s Blade , and The Ninja Betrayed .
Tori\'s deep interest in world culture and religions has prompted her to visit nine countries, including Brazil..
She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Norwegian descent and was born and raised in Honolulu where she graduated from Punahou School with classmate Barack Obama.
Before writing, Tori performed as an actress, singer, dancer on Broadway, television, and film, and earned a 5th degree black belt in To-Shin Do ninja martial arts.
Her horror screenplay The Gift --which inspired Dance Among the Flames --earned a semi-finalist spot for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.
Her shorter works appear in the inaugural reboot of Weird Tales magazine and horror, dystopian, and other literary anthologies.
Tori Eldridge is the national bestselling author and Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards finalist of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series-- The Ninja Daughter , The Ninja\'s Blade , and The Ninja Betrayed
