Thrilled to See You Here!

Thanks for stopping by.

My debut domestic thriller, Tread Lightly, is available today (Sibylline Press) wherever you buy books. Kirkus Reviews called it “an absorbing whodunit and psychological drama with a strong protagonist.”

What’s the story about, you ask? Please read on!

When a lifeguard’s body is found at the local pool where Tierney lap swims daily, the former Dublin hostage negotiator—now a stay-at-home mom in Silicon Valley—is drawn back into a life she thought she’d left behind. As she navigates the isolating cliques at her kindergartener’s elite private school and the shadow of the 2007 tech-industry backdating scandal, the murder investigation connects to an event in her past. Struggling with survivor’s guilt and the pressures of motherhood, Tierney must confront not only the mystery at hand but the false assumptions we make about others—and ourselves.

Tread Lightly is available on Amazon, where you can view early praise for the novel, and on Bookshop.org, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble. An audio version will launch in a few months.

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Kemp was born and raised in California, and lives in Silicon Valley with her high school sweetheart husband. She studied public relations at the University of Southern California, earned an MBA from Santa Clara University, and led a successful career in high-tech marketing communications before becoming a stay-at-home mom. That decision helped rekindle her love of reading for fun, and enabled her to pursue writing full-time. When away from her laptop, Elizabeth enjoys lap swimming, hiking, pickleball, and golf. Tread Lightly is her first novel.

Other creative writing from Elizabeth has appeared in PUNCH Magazine, and the Los Altos Town Crier (a flash fiction piece called A Spider’s Halloween Wish). She also writes a wellness blog called litetherapy—helping others to live their best life, especially aspiring novelists.

Follow along on her author journey, and learn tips on how to maintain a positive attitude while meeting your own goals—literary or otherwise!