elisa practiced law at brobeck, phleger and harrison llp and her own private practice for 16 years, focusing on intellectual property and technology-based transactions for both private and public companies. she was previously a journalist for asianweek and has written for the ann arbor news, third force magazine, koream journal and the oakland tribune. she received a b.a. in english literature from the university of michigan and a j.d. from the university of michigan law school where she was an editor on the michigan law review. she currently writes fiction and lives in burlingame, california with her husband and two children.