Ellen Mellor is a trans woman who has published three books: two novels - The Long Sleep and Down Among the Yla and a collection of short stories entitled Stories From the Corner of the Room. Her third book, Ghostkin, is currently in some deep slush pile somewhere. For more details, including free excerpts and the like, take a look at her website - http://www.samarcand.co.uk

Ellen reads insatiably and will try almost anything although her main interests are in Science Fiction and fantasy. She also reads comic books and has a collection that is really far too large.

Ellen lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and is married with one son, two cats and library that threatens to collapse in on itself and form a literary black hole.