Elsa Hart was born in Rome, Italy, but her earliest memories are of Moscow, where her family lived until 1991. Since then she has lived in the Czech Republic, the U.S.A., and China. She earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She wrote her first novel, Jade Dragon Mountain, in the mountain borderlands of Southwest China.

Interviews:

St Louis Public Radio – Elsa Hart traces ancient borders, tells tales as she looks toward release of 3rd mystery

Publisher's Weekly – A Storyteller Behind Every Story: PW Talks with Elsa Hart

Goodreads - Debut Author Snapshot

Shelf Awareness - Reading with Elsa Hart

Criminal Element – Q&A with Elsa Hart

Ann Arbor Current – Exploring the Crowded Shelves of Aunt Agatha's with Two Ace Mystery Writers

Reviewing the Evidence - Sixty Seconds with Elsa Hart