--- title: Home image: https://www.elhoffman.com/hubfs/El-DSC00028-Edit_Outlook.jpeg --- [Skip to content](https://www.elhoffman.com#main-content) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Subscribe to my newsletter](https://share-na2.hsforms.com/2NE2fTow3RrqLR5rwcVU8hg4023xh) [Subscribe to my newsletter](https://share-na2.hsforms.com/2NE2fTow3RrqLR5rwcVU8hg4023xh) ![El-DSC00028-Edit_Outlook](https://www.elhoffman.com/hubfs/El-DSC00028-Edit_Outlook.jpeg "El-DSC00028-Edit_Outlook") El Hoffman is the author of *The Ever-Dark*, *The Scarlet-Dawn*, *The Salmon-Solstice*, *We Are Grateful*, and *No Other Reason*, as well as four poetry collections: *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask*; *The Moon, The Tide, and All I Tried*; *The Volcano, The Flame, and All I Became*; and *The Love I Give*. **Announcements:** - *The Scarlet-Dawn *is [available now](https://a.co/d/08BpaC2j)! - *The Love I Give* is [available now](https://a.co/d/09G3QpiZ)! - *The Salmon-Solstice* is [available for pre-order](https://a.co/d/0epQ44iC)! - *Later Portals, Current Connections* is [available for pre-order](https://a.co/d/04aytlrk)! **Upcoming Book Signings:** -   ## Fiction Books ![El_BookCoverFrontOnly1600x2560 (1)](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/El_BookCoverFrontOnly1600x2560%20(1).jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=El_BookCoverFrontOnly1600x2560%20(1).jpg "El_BookCoverFrontOnly1600x2560 (1)") ### *The Ever-Dark* : a literary fantasy novella #### Book #1 in *The Indirettan Chronicles * *The Ever-Dark* is a novella about identity, found family, and the courage it takes to face the unknown. It is available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. Violet Evans has never fit in. But when she crosses into the magical realm, she finally starts to feel like she has a place in life. **Until she accidentally shuts the portal home, cursing the world with the ever-dark: a sky that stays dark purple all day, with the sun frozen on the horizon, never rising, before shifting to black at night.** Determined to right her wrongs, Violet sets out to reopen the portal. But if she succeeds, what will be waiting for her on the other side? A community that hates her? A life she never truly belonged in? Or something far worse? [Paperback - $14.99](https://a.co/d/7uAJbFR) [Download Sample](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9q4x8Yk3gIfP2S8sbxLc5bXdiaXkLOp/view?usp=sharing) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/the-ever-dark-purchase-links?hsLang=en). ![ScarletDawn1600x2560 (1)](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ScarletDawn1600x2560%20(1).jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=ScarletDawn1600x2560%20(1).jpg "ScarletDawn1600x2560 (1)") ### *The Scarlet-Dawn* : a literary fantasy novelette #### Book #2 in *The Indirettan Chronicles * Five years after the realm was saved, Scarlet Evans is still waiting to rule it. Heir apparent in name only, sixteen-year-old Scarlet has spent years watching her mother Ruth make every decision from behind a closed door. But when strange distortions ripple across Indiretta—fires snuffed out, children recounting memories that never happened, bodies turning up in a cornfield—Scarlet begins to suspect that the woman who claims to support her has never had the realm's interests at heart. With a talking cat, a sister who has moved on with her own life, and a girl named Evony she's trying very hard not to think about, Scarlet sets out to save a world she never asked to inherit. [Paperback - $11.99](https://a.co/d/07eOr5Et) [Download Sample](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQtBkmSszClOBN97ATCqWg14byCFNNRJ/view?usp=sharing) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/the-scarlet-dawn-purchase-links?hsLang=en). ![SalmonSolsticeE-book](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SalmonSolsticeE-book.jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=SalmonSolsticeE-book.jpg "SalmonSolsticeE-book") ### *The Salmon-Solstice* : a literary fantasy novelette #### Book #3 in *The Indirettan Chronicles * **A portal opens. A cat corrects it.** *"The realm's competency comes before scratches."* Phoebe just wanted to celebrate her anniversary. Instead, her delusional former intern rips a hole between worlds, and Phoebe, her husband Stephan, her sister-in-law Clara, and a scattering of other humans fall straight into Indiretta—three days after Scarlet Evans's wedding, and just in time to watch her hand off the crown. Henry the Cat III has had enough of human rule. Immortal, exacting, and the only creature in the room with a functioning ledger, he seizes the opening the moment Scarlet offers it—and sets about running Indiretta the only way he sees fit. A government that answers only to written petition. A currency renamed for clarity. A citizenry handed resources and told, firmly, to solve their own problems. It should be simple. It is not. An elven coup tests his patience. A canine political movement tests his budget. A delegation of suitors from a rival cattery tests his very last nerve. And beneath every crisis he handles with total efficiency, there's one thing no ledger has a line for. *The Salmon-Solstice* is the third book in *The Indirettan Chronicles*, and the true sequel to *No Other Reason*—following Phoebe, Stephan, and Clara from the life they knew into the one Henry now governs, whether they like his spreadsheets or not. Welcome to the Indirettaverse.   [Pre-order](https://a.co/d/0iQ19kTh) Additional purchase links are coming soon. ### *No Other Reason* : a contemporary romance novelette *No Other Reason* is a cute, high-angst, slow-burn contemporary romance about friendship, timing, and the things we don’t say—until we finally do. It is available in ebook and paperback. Phoebe Johnson is a legal assistant working her way toward becoming a lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina. Stephan Hale is a soft-spoken artist in West Texas. They haven’t seen each other since childhood—not since his family suddenly moved away. When they reconnect online and Stephan decides to visit, old memories resurface. So do feelings that never truly went away. But they’re just friends… right? *No Other Reason* is a cute, high-angst, slow-burn contemporary romance about friendship, timing, and the things we don’t say—until we finally do. [Paperback — $9.99](https://a.co/d/9OTtvGr) [Download Sample](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hIuKIV76l319WYJwH3_vkOVnLD_zfnxF/view?usp=sharing) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/no-other-reason-purchase-links?hsLang=en). Content guide is coming soon. ![NoOtherReason1600x2560 (1)](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NoOtherReason1600x2560%20(1).png?width=1250&height=2000&name=NoOtherReason1600x2560%20(1).png "NoOtherReason1600x2560 (1)") ## Poetry Books ![TMTMAIA_1600x2560](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TMTMAIA_1600x2560.jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=TMTMAIA_1600x2560.jpg "TMTMAIA_1600x2560") ### *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask* : a poetry collection *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask* is a poetry collection on love, grief, and survival. It is available in ebook and paperback. El Hoffman explores what it means to keep going despite adversity—balancing existing and surviving with finding your footing, being yourself, and staying honest in the modern world. This is a collection for anyone who has ever felt the need to **mask to fit in**,** mirror others to find themselves**, or who has **loved or grieved deeply.** [Paperback — $9.99](https://a.co/d/7sIa6nl) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/the-mirror-the-mask-and-all-i-ask-purchase-links?hsLang=en). ### *The Moon, The Tide, and All I Tried* : a poetry collection *The Moon, The Tide, and All I Tried* is a poetry collection on love, grief, and survival. It is available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. From the author of *The Ever-Dark*, *No Other Reason*, and *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask* comes a second collection of **poetry on love, grief, and survival.** El Hoffman explores these themes in greater depth than in her previous works, continuing her commitment to honesty and **balancing humor with seriousness** through metaphor and modern language. [Paperback — $19.99](https://a.co/d/3aKg5JP) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/the-moon-the-tide-and-all-i-tried-purchase-links?hsLang=en). ![TMTTAIT_2560x1600 (2)](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TMTTAIT_2560x1600%20(2).jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=TMTTAIT_2560x1600%20(2).jpg "TMTTAIT_2560x1600 (2)") ![TVTFAAIB1600x2560](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TVTFAAIB1600x2560.jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=TVTFAAIB1600x2560.jpg "TVTFAAIB1600x2560") ### *The Volcano, The Flame, and All I Became* : a poetry collection **"You asked me to trust you. So I fell back, intending to land in your arms. But you weren’t there, and you let me fall—alone."** From the poet of *The Moon, The Tide, and All I Tried* and *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask* comes a collection that explores the friction of finding your own light. *The Volcano, The Flame, and All I Became* is a visceral account of displacement, the resilience of the pedestrian life, and the boundaries required to survive betrayal. It covers the literal miles walked through the streets of Salt Lake City, the "masking" required to navigate a neurotypical world, and the "Safety Hazard, M.D.s" who prove that sometimes the person who promised to care is the one who lets you fall. Unfiltered, literal, and at times sharply defiant, this is for anyone who has dragged their suitcases to a new city and is finally ready to find their footing on their own mountain. [Paperback — $19.99](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2WZ9FQ?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_7YBSPD04A05EVMMMGFQQ_2&bestFormat=true) Additional purchase links can be found [here](https://www.elhoffman.com/the-volcano-the-flame-and-all-i-became-purchase-links?hsLang=en). ### *The Love I Give* : a poetry collection *The Love I Give* is a poetry collection on love, grief, heartbreak, and honesty. It is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback. "Should I tell you the truth and risk losing you, or should I continue not saying how I feel and risk losing myself?" From the poet of *The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask*; *The Moon, The Tide, and All I Tried*; and *The Volcano, The Flame, and All I Became* comes a poetry collection that explores the raw, often agonizing friction between loving someone completely and needing to remain honest to yourself. *The Love I Give* is a visceral account of unrequited love, the quiet sacrifices we make in the name of connection, and the resilience required to stay true to your own reality when someone else’s feelings don’t match your own. It covers the weight of lingering memories, the ache of being "just friends" with the person you see as your life partner, and the complex journey of navigating affection through a neurodivergent lens. Unfiltered, literal, and at times sharply honest, this is for anyone who has given their whole heart to someone whose love doesn’t match their own, who has sacrificed their own needs to keep the peace, or is finally ready to demand the truth—even if it’s from themselves. [Ebook — $5.99](https://a.co/d/0eQhXl61) Additional purchase links can be found here. ![thelovivgive1600xz2560 (1)](https://www.elhoffman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/thelovivgive1600xz2560%20(1).jpg?width=1250&height=2000&name=thelovivgive1600xz2560%20(1).jpg "thelovivgive1600xz2560 (1)") ## About the Author **El Hoffman** (born February 8, 2000) is an author, poet, and data expert. A lifelong writer, she debuted with the literary fantasy novella *The Ever-Dark*, the first book in *The Indirettan Chronicles*. The series continues with *The Scarlet-Dawn* and *The Salmon-Solstice*, with additional entries forthcoming. El is also the author of contemporary romance, short stories, and poetry, and her work has been featured in multiple anthologies. Outside of fiction, El has built a career implementing HubSpot for businesses and earned her Master of Science in Data Analytics from Eastern University in 2024. In her free time, she enjoys reading ebooks, taking long walks, and hula hooping. 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