Two years later, Mindspell was written to centre on the conflict between science versus religion, with Nolte Smith stating this fiction was written "to challenge strongly the belief in the occult". In 1985, just a year after her third novel, Elegy for a Soprano was written as a roman a clef inspired by Rand, Nathaniel Branden, and the circle around them. Elegy for a Soprano also portrays the life of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Czechoslovakia and Norway.
Two years after Mindspell's creation, Nolte Smith wrote a novel exploring the conflict between science and religion. Her third novel, Elegy for a Soprano, was written in 1985 as a fictionalized account inspired by Rand, Nathaniel Branden, and their circle of friends. The novel also depicts the lives of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Czechoslovakia and Norway.