Helen Ellis
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Helen Ellis is an American novelist. She has authored two published novels, along with a short story collection and a forthcoming collection of essays. She is a poker player who competes on the national tournament circuit. Raised in Alabama, she lives with her husband in New York City.[1]
Her first novel, Eating the Cheshire Cat (Scribner: 2001), is a dark comedy written in Southern Gothic fiction style. It tells the story of three girls raised in the South, and the odd, sometimes macabre tribulations they endure.[2][3][4]
The Turning: What Curiosity Kills (Powell's Books: 2010), her second novel, is a "teen vampire" story about a southern 16-year-old girl adopted into a wealthy New York City family and centers on shape-shifting, teen romance, and the supernatural.
Her third publication, American Housewife (Doubleday: 2016), is "a sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity".[5]
A collection of essays entitled Southern Lady Code was published in April 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Helen Ellis | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ In Person Helen Ellis at BookPeople, The Austin Chronicle
- ^ Paperbacks[dead link], The Independent
- ^ Eating the Cheshire Cat Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly
- ^ "American Housewife". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
External links
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- New York Times New York Times article about the promotion of Ellis' first novel, Eating the Cheshire Cat.
- Huffington Post Article about the second novel, The Turning Book: What Curiosity Kills.