MEET Elle
Elle Jauffret is an award‑winning mystery author and former criminal attorney whose work explores identity, perception, and the quiet power structures shaping our lives. Born and raised in France and now living in the United States, she draws on her legal background and cross‑cultural experience to craft character‑driven mysteries that blend psychological depth with social insight. Her Suddenly French Mysteries series follows a former criminal attorney-turned private chef and sleuth navigating questions of language, belonging, and truth. Jauffret is a frequent panelist and moderator at writers’ conferences, bookstores, and festivals, where she speaks about writing craft, identity, and using mystery as a lens to examine how power operates beneath the surface of everyday life.
If you want to know more about Elle, check her posts/follow her on Instagram (@ellejauffret) or feel free to contact her.
AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS
- 2025 Agatha Award finalist for Best First Novel
- 2025 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award (Spring) Winner, Fiction: Mystery/Sleuth
- 2025 San Diego Public Library Short Story Contest finalist (horror)
- 2024 Claymore Award finalist (Best Juvenile/Y.A.) (survival story)
- 2023 New York International Women Festival award winner (short script) (horror)
- Pitch War 2015 mentee under the mentoring of Roselle Kaes/Lim (Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune; Vanessa's Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop) to work on The Girl of Salt and Feathers (historical thriller/culinary mystery).
- SDSU Writers' Conference Choice Award 2016 for The Girl of Salt and Feathers (historical culinary mystery).