Bio
About the AuthorEliot Jordan is a professional tea taster, and a singer-songwriter. After a lifetime cupping and buying tea, recording and performing his songs — even composing two musicals — he now returns to his love of prose. His debut fantasy novel, THREE TURNS OF THE SUN is the story of a woman with magical, musical, synesthetic abilities who must find her purpose in a patriarchal, warring world. This novel blends his love of music, literature, history, and the cultures of Asia's tea-growing countryside. He also draws inspiration from backpacking and exploring California's Sierra Nevada mountains. THREE TURNS OF THE SUN, first of four in a series of linked stories, is in the final stages of editing. He lives in his native Berkeley, California.
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Music & Lyrics:
- And Then Tomorrow — 12 songs — 2018 release
- Rise — 14 songs — 2013 release
- Here's Why — 10 songs — 2000 release
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — performed by Kairos Youth Choir 2002
- Judge, World Tea Championship — 2007 to 2018
- Tea Advisory Councilmember, UC Davis Global Tea Initiative