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Emerging
Elizabeth Klehfoth
Elizabeth Klehfoth grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Indiana University Bloomington, where she taught fiction writing and composition. She is the author of All These Beautiful Strangers, The Lost Heiress, and the upcoming Every Pretty Thing. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog, Milo.
2026 Genre Shortlist: The Lost Heiress
The Lost Heiress is a haunting tale of forbidden love and the tragic cost of buried family secrets.
2018 Emerging Finalist: All These Beautiful Strangers
A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History.
