Eli Rainwater: Creative Overload

Born in Atlanta, Eli Rainwater was taught how to read as soon as she started talking. And she loved to read! She read everything she could get her hands on, and it wasn’t long before she wrote short stories in school that won awards in the local papers. She was the most obsessed with fantasy and vividly remembers how much trouble she was in after she tried to take out the back of her mother’s antique wardrobe while looking for Narnia. 

Tell us a bit about your most recent work.

I released book 3 of The Witch's Bar Chronicles last September, and book 4 will be out in fall of 2025. The books follow Jessie, a retired witch who owns a bar in north Georgia, as she sets out with her fae, cryptid, human, and witch friends to solve a murder and save the world from a power-hungry cabal. 

Jessie is based on my best friend, which makes her especially fun to write, and I enjoy all of the research I put into fae and cryptid lore from around the world that I include in my characters. 

What are the themes and subjects you tend to revisit in your work?

Standing up for the little guy and fighting against powerful, power-hungry entities set on domination is a big theme. I also focus on found family, bonds of friendship, and acceptance.