Neliza Drew is the nom de plume of a nickname based on a person who may have existed once.
Neliza Drew has worked with crazy lawyers, crazy boat captains, crazy advertisers, and crazy students. Crazy (and corruption) seems to be in the water. (And there’s something about that water — or is it in the hot and sticky air — that makes writers want to kill people.)
Like a lot of South Floridians, Neliza Drew is a transplant who showed up in Broward County in the mid-1990s and never left. When her main character, Davis Groves, was in need of a home, South Florida seemed like the perfect fit.
A lot of people seem to end up in South Florida because they’ve run out of other places to go, a theme — or excuse — that floats through so many Florida-based mysteries and thrillers. Davis is no exception, though in her debut she’s found herself drawn out of her warm new home to confront her past.
When Neliza isn’t writing, she can be found teaching, shooting (photos), baking, gardening, hanging out in the Everglades, or enjoying the local music scene.
REVIEW POLICY:
If I review a book, chances are I bought it, traded for it via a swap site, or found it laying around my classroom (and chances are those fall in the first category, too). If I do happen to review a book that was given to me, I’ll say so. That said, my filter rarely works so if I say I liked it, I did, and if I say I didn’t, I didn’t. I will always look a gift horse in the mouth.
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