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In Elise’s continuing memoir saga, her second book explores how she carved out an extraordinary life as a fearless businesswoman and adventurer in Japan, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Defying expectations in a world rarely seeing women as entrepreneurs—especially in foreign lands—Elise built businesses, navigated cultures, and reinvented herself through bold moves and boundless determination.
In part one of Elise Krentzel’s fast-paced memoir trilogy, she takes charge of the tumultuous 1970s by making a name for herself as a rock journalist who toured Japan with Kiss. Her parents encouraged her to sing, play music, and write as a child, but they forbade her from being “herself.”
Alienated, she hid her heart and learned to become a stranger in her skin as the torment of early childhood taught her to mistrust everyone, especially herself.
About the Author
Elise Krentzel’s career as a communications expert, author, entrepreneur, and global explorer culminates in EK Editorial & Coaching. She ghostwrites for executives, coaches authors, edits, and teaches online writing courses. Kumi Books provides a diverse range of publishing services.
Japan’s introduction to punk rock came from Elise, the magazine’s former Tokyo Bureau Chief at Billboard. In the pre-internet era, she innovated, creating the first GPS-enabled digital travel guides, blogged before it was a thing, and established a South African non-profit dedicated to fighting AIDS among teenagers. She’s a prolific poet, culture reporter, and mom to an amazing son. She calls Austin, Texas, home when she’s not a digital nomad.
