K.J. McElrath

K.J. McElrath started writing professionally for search engine optimization firms in 2006, and thus has written about everything from insurance and litigation to diet pills and lingerie. Tamanous Cooley is his first work of contemporary fiction. Mr. McElrath is also a composer of numerous works for orchestra and winds as well as incidental music for theater and the score for a stage musical and film in pre-production, Dex Dixon by Pacific Northwest playwright and screenwriter Steve Coker. He is known for his witty song lyrics in the style of masters such as Ira Gershwin, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer, et. al. Several sets of Mr. McElrath's song lyrics appear in The Loves of Natalie Greenbaum, a series of romance novels by Jeanne D'eau and also available here at CLP. He is married to vocalist Athena McElrath, with whom he performs works from the Great American Songbook regularly.

THREE LOST GIRLS: DISQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by K.J. McElrath... NEW!!

The Three Lost Girls' journeys continue amidst danger, heartbreak and a wartime reunion as "imaginary" worlds prove to be not so imaginary. Dorothy finds herself in mortal danger as her worst childhood memories start proving true. Those dangers send her on the next leg of her journey back to a strange and impossible realm... More>>

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THE LOST GIRLS' WAR by K.J. McElrath...

The story of the Lost Girls continues against the backdrop of the Great War as Europe descends into a bloodbath and the United States is pulled into the conflict. More>>

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THREE LOST GIRLS by K.J. McElrath...

Wendy Moira Angela Darling and Dorothy Gale are as different as two young girls can be, but they – as well as Dr. Liddell-Dodgson – have all experienced what she terms as ‘delusional psychosis.’ After a year of ‘Doctor Alice’s’ treatment and counseling, Wendy and Dorothy have accepted that their experiences in ‘Neverland’ and the ‘Kingdom of Oz’ were nothing more than visions, the product of extreme physical and emotional trauma – little different from Dr. Liddell-Dodgson’s own girlhood delusions of ‘Wonderland.’

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The Loves of Natalie Greenbaum Book III by K.J. McElrath...

The story of Natalie Greenbaum and her family continues as their lives are upended during the Second World War. More>>

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The Missionary's Wife by K.J. McELRATH...

"In the 1920s, Helena, an innocent and tortured girl from a farm in Kansas, struggles with her own desires as well as her fear of a vengeful God. She soon learns that neither threats of eternal damnation nor promises of heavenly rewards can truly change who she is... "
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The Loves of Natalie Greenbaum Book II by K.J. McElrath...

Big Band singer, wife, mother and lesbian – continues against the backdrop of a world hurtling into the most violent conflict in history, leading to events that will change her life and those of everyone around her forever. More>>

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Tamanous Cooley by K.J. McElrath...

In this modern-day twist on The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Tamanous Cooley is the story of one woman's quest to save a sensitive wetland – that takes her to the depths of environmental hell and beyond... More>>

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The Loves of Natalie Greenbaum Book I by K.J. McElrath...

Nearing the end of her long existence, ninety-four year old Natalie Greenbaum -- a former Big Band Era singer, a single mother and a lesbian -- reflects on her life, the people she has loved and the struggles and triumphs of being herself during times when homosexuality was considered a form of mental illness and criminal behaviour. More>>

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