Library Faculty/Staff profile for jbecker5

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: Fiction (George Mason University)

Bachelor of Arts in Responsible Fiction: Creative Writing, History, and Culture (University of Redlands)

Biography

Libraries have always been Elyse Becker's second home. She finds strolling the stacks almost as relaxing as a day at the beach. She began working in the Fenwick Library at George Mason while earning her Master's degree in Creative Writing. Upon graduation, she realized she would have to return her two hundred library books. She decided to stay and help others fall in love with all that libraries have to offer.

One of Elyse's own books now graces the shelves of Fenwick: Necessary Sins, the first novel in her historical fiction series The Lazare Family Saga, written under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell. She completed the meticulous research for the Lazare Family Saga in under three decades, which would not have been possible without the George Mason Libraries' robust physical and online collections.

Selected Publications

Necessary Sins (historical novel, Book One of the Lazare Family Saga, published under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell)

Lost Saints (historical novel, Book Two of the Lazare Family Saga, published under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell)

Native Stranger (historical novel, Book Three of the Lazare Family Saga, published under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell)

Sweet Medicine (historical novel, Book Four of the Lazare Family Saga, published under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell)