Liz attended BYU and then Arizona State College, where she graduated with a B.S. in Education. She married Derrill Adair and they had four children of their own and adopted three more. Liz became a reading specialist and taught school for several years but decided she needed to stay home to be a full-time wife and mother. She calls that her 'Mother Earth' decade, when they lived in an old farmhouse with a cavernous barn. They milked cows, had chickens and pigs, put up hay and raised a huge garden. Then came the 'Business Mogul' decade, when Liz established a specialty wholesale bakery next to the farmhouse in a little building that Derrill built into a commercial kitchen. "Both of those experiences let me teach my children to work," she says. "I don’t pine for a lost career."

Liz has published three novels in the "Spider Latham Mystery" series: The Lodger, After Goliath, and Snakewater Affair; and a romantic mystery entitled The Mist of Quarry Harbor, all with Deseret Book. She is also the co-editor of the book Lucy Shook's Letters from Afghanistan. More information on that book can be found by visiting the following website: www.lettersfromafghanistan.com

Liz's latest novel, Counting the Cost (which is based on her own family history), is a celebration of the power of love, the lessons in loss and the pure joy in the journey. It was published by Inglestone Publishing in 2008.

Though Liz did go back to teaching for a time, she now works with Derrill in their consulting company, doing project management in hospital construction. She also teaches early morning seminary. The Adairs live in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.

The Lodger: A Spider Latham Mystery
Deseret Book

After Goliath: A Spider Latham Mystery
Deseret Book

Snakewater Affair: A Spider Latham Mystery
Deseret Book

The Mist of Quarry Harbor
Deseret Book

Lucy Shook's Letters From Afghanistan
GAL Publishing, LLC