## SHORT BIO (50 words)
Elena Vasquez hears the ocean's secrets. A marine biologist who's explored shipwrecks from the Titanic to forgotten galleons, she channels those depths into *Whispers from the Deep*, a novel where drowned voices reveal a family's buried curses. Catch her snorkeling Miami reefs between drafts.

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## MEDIUM BIO (150 words)
Elena Vasquez spent years diving into history's darkest waters as a marine biologist, logging thousands of hours on wrecks like the Titanic. That underwater expertise fuels *Whispers from the Deep*, her debut novel where a biologist deciphers eerie voices from shipwrecks, unraveling generational hauntings tied to a vanished Caribbean fleet.  

Her path to fiction began cataloging sea artifacts at the Smithsonian, where corroded relics sparked stories of loss and revelation. A single mother who once surfaced from a storm-tossed dive with a 17th-century locket in hand, Elena infuses her prose with salt-spray realism and quiet dread.  

She divides her time between Miami's humid shores—where she volunteers teaching kids to free-dive—and her laptop, finishing a new novel about polar ice whispers.

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## LONG BIO (300 words)
Elena Vasquez first slipped beneath the waves at age 12, chasing parrotfish off Miami's coast, but it was the pull of submerged history that hooked her for life. Earning her PhD in marine biology, she chased wrecks across oceans: mapping the Titanic's decaying grandeur, sifting Spanish galleon sands for gold doubloons, even probing WWII submarines in the Pacific. Those expeditions—equal parts science and ghost hunt—taught her how the sea guards its stories, hoarding bones and echoes in eternal blue.  

That fascination crystallized in *Whispers from the Deep*, where protagonist Mira, a biologist like Elena, hears fragmented voices from drowned ships. The novel traces Mira's dive into her own lineage, decoding spectral transmissions that expose a 19th-century slave ship mutiny her ancestors survived—blending oceanography with folklore in a narrative as layered as thermoclines. Influences like Derek Walcott's sea myths and Rachel Carson's unflinching gaze on watery perils seep through every page.  

Elena's obsessions? The acoustics of underwater sound—how pressure warps voices—and the blurred line between marine life and human grief. She's consulted for NOAA on artifact preservation and lectured at universities on bioacoustics, always circling back to narrative's power to surface the unsaid. A pivotal moment came during a solo dive off Cuba, unearthing a sailor's wedding ring etched with a lover's name; it became the emotional core of her book.  

Today, from her coral-framed home in Miami, Elena balances writing with mentoring young divers and advocating for reef protection. Her current project plunges into Arctic melts, where thawing permafrost chatters with long-frozen voices—promising another tale where the deep demands to be heard.

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## FIRST-PERSON "ABOUT ME" (100 words)
I write because the ocean won't shut up. As a marine biologist, I've spent decades listening to its gurgles and groans on wrecks worldwide—from the Titanic's rusty sighs to Caribbean ghost ships. *Whispers from the Deep* pours those chills into fiction: a biologist hearing drowned voices that crack open family curses.  

When I'm not drafting or diving Miami reefs with my daughter, I'm brewing cafecito strong enough to wake the dead. Pull up a beach chair—let's talk shipwrecks, sea monsters, or your weirdest dive story.

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## SOCIAL HANDLE BIOS
- **Twitter/X (160 chars):**  
Marine biologist turned wreck-whisperer. *Whispers from the Deep*: drowned voices from shipwrecks unravel family curses. Dive in. Miami salt & stories. #OceanHorror #WreckDiver  
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- **Instagram (150 chars):**  
Elena Vasquez  
Diving deep into sea ghosts 📿🌊  
*Whispers from the Deep*—voices from wrecks spill family secrets.  
Ex-Titanic explorer. Miami mom. Writing the abyss.  
Link in bio for dives + drafts.  
#ShipwreckStories  

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- **LinkedIn (220 chars):**  
Elena Vasquez | Marine Biologist & Author  
PhD in Marine Biology (Wreck Exploration Specialist). Former Smithsonian artifact analyst. Author of *Whispers from the Deep*, a literary thriller where shipwreck acoustics expose ancestral hauntings. Consultant for NOAA dives. Miami-based. Open to speaking on ocean narratives & conservation.  

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## AUTHOR PHOTO CAPTION
Elena Vasquez surfaces from a Miami reef dive, *Whispers from the Deep* in hand.

## MEDIA CONTACT BLOCK
Elena Vasquez  
elena@whispersdeep.com  
(305) 555-0197  
www.elenavasquezbooks.com  
Twitter/X: @ElenaWreckVoice | Instagram: @ElenaDeepWhispers | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/elenavasquez