About

ELISSA GROSSELL DICKEY is an author of book club fiction with two novels, The Speed of Light and Iris in the Dark, both available now from Lake Union Publishing. Her third novel, Across the Earth and Sky, is coming in 2026 from Red Adept Publishing.

Stories have always been a big part of Elissa’s life—from getting lost in a book as a child to reading to her kids at bedtime. She has shared her personal story of living with multiple sclerosis through blog posts for the National MS Society.

Though she grew up among the lakes and trees of northern Minnesota, Elissa now lives on the South Dakota prairie with her husband and children. A former journalist, she now works as the communications and marketing director for her local public school district. She is also a 2016 Pitch Wars alum and co-creator of the Aberdeen Write Now writing group.