Anthologies

Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, Vol.6 (Dreaming Robot Press 2019)., Wrath - The Seven Deadly Sins (Black Hare Press 2021), Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Vol. 2 (Running Wild Press 2018), Dread Coast —SoCal Horror Tales

Short Stories

"The Clearing"— San Diego Public Library "The Crimson Gale" — Phantasmagoria Magazine (Autumn 2023) "The Girl Without Shadow" — Balloons Literary Journal, Issue 14 (Dec 2022)

Topics

Craft, Subject Expertise, The Business of Writing

Public Speaking Details

Combining multiple-genre elements; Conversations on identity, language, and storytelling; Mystery writing beyond the puzzle: character, power, and perception; Cross‑cultural voices in contemporary fiction; From law to literature: translating professional experience into fiction; Writing What Makes You Different: how embracing your uniqueness will bring you to the top.

Biography

Elle Jauffret is an award‑winning mystery author and former California criminal attorney whose work explores identity, perception, and the quiet power structures shaping our lives. A native of France and bilingual lawyer, she draws on her legal background and cross‑cultural experience to craft character‑driven mysteries that blend psychological depth with social insight. Her Suddenly French Mysteries series follows a former criminal attorney-turned private chef and sleuth navigating questions of language, belonging, and truth. Jauffret is a frequent panelist and moderator at writers’ conferences, bookstores, and festivals, where she speaks about writing craft, identity, and using mystery as a lens to examine how power operates beneath the surface of everyday life.