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. Her shorter works appear in the inaugural reboot of Weird Tales magazine and horror, dystopian, and other literary anthologies. Her horror screenplay The Gift--which inspired Dance Among the Flames--earned a semi-finalist spot for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. 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. She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Norwegian descent and was born and raised in Honolulu where she graduated from Punahou School with classmate Barack Obama. Tori's deep interest in world culture and religions has prompted her to visit nine countries, including Brazil.
""Tautly written, mystical, and action-packed Dance Among the Flames will take you on a wild, thrilling ride through centuries and continents. Eldridge is at the top of her game, delivering an irresistibly sweeping adventure that will linger long after the gripping story ends. Don't miss it!"" Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted ""With Dance Among the Flames , Tori Eldridge looks for light and hope in the darkest corners of the human heart. She mixes mysticism and horror with seduction and vengeance to conjure real magic."" Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Ink ""Tori Eldridge's Dance Among the Flames is a mesmerizing blend of ancient dark magic and horrors both mystical and man-made. It was compelling, disturbing, beautifully crafted...in other words, I loved it!"" Lisa Morton, six-time Bram Stoker Award winner ""Eldridge wields her darkest magic yet in this sensual and richly layered novel of poverty, privilege, and power. Vibrant and brutal, Dance Among the Flames is a cultural triumph."" Lee Murray, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories ""Compulsively readable, with prose so smooth and evocative the pages fly by."" Tim Waggoner, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Writing in the Dark ""The cost of justice is high in Dance Among the Flames , born in the fire of Tori Eldridge's radiant imagination. The journey begins in a Brazilian favela where characters are transformed by the need for hope. They discover power can flood through a body, allowing them to become more than human. I thoroughly enjoyed this glorious adventure!"" Linda D. Addison, award-winning author, HWA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and SFPA Grand Master "" Dance Among the Flames is a fascinating page-turner of a novel, rich with details yet written with a lushly sparse elegance that manages to immerse the reader in the story, settings and characters without sacrificing pace or action. A winner!"" Dana Fredsti, author of Blood Ink and the Ashley Parker series