About The Author
Idyllwild Eliot was born and raised in the Midwest. Her survival of adolescence was never a guarantee and, as a result, she developed a desire to understand people and how their environments can impact their actions. That desire took her on the road, through Texas and Arizona and California, through a number of jobs as well. Nothing stuck. After a couple of international stints, she bought herself a new laptop and started writing. Well Below Heaven is her debut novel.
Reviews
“Idyllwild Eliot’s edgy, epistolary YA novel takes readers on an absorbing emotional roller coaster…Readers will surely find themselves thinking about Well Below Heaven long after turning the last page.”
BlueInk Review (Starred Review)
“Idyllwild Eliot’s Well Below Heaven is a dark novel of sibling loyalty… rich with the joys and miseries of teenage life…that will warrant comparisons to the work of Laurie Halse Anderson or Walter Dean Myers, relating stories of adolescent challenges without condescending or moralizing.”
Foreword Reviews — 4 Stars
“compelling and unsettling…A well-told, unsparing, and increasingly disturbing journey through unmoored adolescence.”
Kirkus Reviews