Tori Eldridge is a Honolulu-born writer, a 5th degree black belt ninja, and a former actress, dancer, singer on Broadway, television, and film. She writes action-packed, culturally-rich thrillers and mystically intriguing suspense. She has taught ninjutsu and empowerment across the USA and authored Empowered Living: A Guide to Physical and Emotional Protection. Tori’s short stories have been published in Running Wild Anthology of Stories 2, Never Fear-The Apocalypse, Never Fear-The Tarot, and Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2014 issue. Her screenplay, The Gift—one of many written for Lonetree Entertainment (The Equalizer)—was a semi-finalist for the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship.