Elaine Thorpe was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York, attended the University at Buffalo, and lived in Long Beach, California, for thirty-three years while working in the aerospace sector. ...view moreElaine Thorpe was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York, attended the University at Buffalo, and lived in Long Beach, California, for thirty-three years while working in the aerospace sector. She and her husband have since resettled to a quiet farm in the Central Valley of California, where they free-range chickens with the help of their dogs, Rollo and Freeia, and their cat, Jean Grey.view less