Elise LeSage

Writer / Instructor / Marketing Specialist

North Carolina based fiction writer. Instructor at Guilford College and online at Writing Workshops. Seven years of experience in digital marketing; currently specializing in book marketing & publicity.

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Fiction Writing

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Book Marketing

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From crafting ads to running socials, I support authors at every stage of their marketing journeys.

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Teaching

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Misc.!

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Seeking representation for

MAJOR PLAYERS

A LITERARY FANTASY NOVEL-IN-STORIES

Olympus has gone corporate. Prayers are profit, fame is mandatory, and even gods can be fired.

When the Trojan War erupts, Zeus invites his divine children to place a high-stakes bet: whichever god backs the winning side inherits Olympus itself.

Mythic, biting, and contemporary, Major Players explores the tension between celebrity and eternal life. If you had to live with yourself forever, what would you risk to stay on top?

Elise's Published Fiction

Other things about me.

I like pulp in my orange juice and long walks on the beach. I’m working on improving my sleep schedule. Despite my name, I don’t speak any French.

I’m also a writer. Fiction, mostly, though I dabble in journalism and craft essays. I lead the NC Triad Chapter of the national writing non-profit, Women Who Submit.

I received my MFA from UNCG Greensboro. I’m an alum of Clarion UCSD, the Kenyon and Tin House Summer Workshop and AWP’s Writer to Writer program. My work has been supported by the Clarion Foundation, the Kenyon Scholarship fund, and the Clonginger-Stout Family Scholarship.

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