Elk D. writes quiet, character-driven romance about the moments that don't make it onto anyone's itinerary. The ones that happen in elevators, coffee shops, and the in-between spaces of a trip that was supposed to be about something else entirely.

Not on the Itinerary is Elk D.'s debut novel, born out of an interest in writing love stories that don't rush the healing. Real heartbreak doesn't resolve in a single conversation, and neither do the people in these books. They get there slowly, imperfectly, and often while trying to do something else entirely, like drink an iced coffee in peace.