Ellen GelermanEllen Gardner Gelerman grew up on Long Island, New York, and spent much of her adult life there. She received her BA in English in 1980 from Indiana University, Bloomington, leading to a lifelong love of English literature as well as a copywriting caeer in advertising and promotion. Beginning with Grey Advertising in Manhattan, and moving on to Newsday (Melville, NY) and Cablevision (Bethpage, NY), Ellen wrote television, radio, and print advertising copy as well as brochures and marketing scripts.Though Ellen is retired from her formal career, writing is still her passion. A short story of hers appeared in The Road to Pemberley: An Anthology of New Pride and Prejudice Stories (Ulysses Press, 2011). Her debut novel, The Book of Hannah: A Tragicomedy in Three Trimesters (2019), won the 2021 NYC Big Book Award in the Chick-Lit category. She is also the author of The Hand of Miriam (2023), a Jewish coming-of-age novel, and Hannah and Her Daughters (2024), the sequel to The Book of Hannah.Ellen and her husband, Roy, who have two adult children, currently live in Michigan with their dogs. Ellen teaches Zumba for the fun of it and works as a political activist because the times demand it. Read More Read Less