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Drawing on the tender wisdom and compassion of life experience, the psychologically astute eye of a former therapist, and the graceful prose of a gifted writer, Ellen explores the complexity of family, friendship, and work. She slips inside her characters, inhabiting their homes and daily lives, to create vivid stories of aspirations, sorrows, and joys. Her work is deeply set, often in Southwestern Pennsylvania and near Washington, DC. The author’s characters confront life’s difficulties and challenges, celebrate its joys, and derive strength and sustenance from the natural world, art, and music. Both in her novels and stories, whether taking place in the present, the past, or along the permeable boundary in-between, Ellen’s fiction examines the mysteries of the human heart, mind, and spirit.