Elaine Morgan Cutting is an alumnus from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where she received a double degree in literary journalism and English. Starting out playing flute in seventh grade, Elaine was involved in an award-winning high school wind symphony and played with the UCI Pep Band. Elaine interned in wind instrument marketing at Yamaha Corporation of America. She is now freelancing and happily mixing two of her favorite passions: writing and music.