Ellise was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.A. and moved with her family to Nampa, Idaho, when she was two. There she was raised and went to school. After completing college, and while working, she met and fell in love with her husband. Shortly afterward, they moved to Eastern Idaho where they are raising their three children. Ellise began writing after facing a bout with breast cancer. It became her outlet, and she has enjoyed working on her newest talent she believes a loving Father in heaven has blessed her with. The Huntington Saga Series has seven novels: The Governess (Volumes One, Two, Thr...