About
Ellen Meeropol is the author of five novels: The Lost Women of Azalea Court, Her Sister's Tattoo, Kinship of Clover, On Hurricane Island and House Arrest. She is the guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World, and author of the play Gridlock. A former nurse practitioner, part-time bookseller, and literary late bloomer, Ellen’s short fiction and essay publications include Lilith, Ms, Guernica, The Writer, Mom Egg Review, and The Writers Chronicle. Her dramatic script telling the story of the Rosenberg Fund for Children was produced in New York. Ellen holds an MFA in fiction from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She is a founding member of Straw Dog Writers Guild and coordinates their Emerging Fellowship program.
Featured Work
The Lost Women of Azalea Court
On a chilly November morning, eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was the last head psychiatrist at the hospital and is writing a book about the treatment of mental illness. Their daughter Lexi, the neighbors, and police detective McPhee suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance. When the searches and interviews come up empty, the neighbors dig into the past—Asher’s childhood experiences with anti- Nazi partisans in the forests of Poland, unethical practices at the mental hospital, and Iris’s mysterious best friend, Harriet. The neighbors of Azalea Court, Lexi, Harriet, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together, uncovering ghosts, secrets, and lies.
Other Works
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Dreams for a Broken World (co-editor)
2022
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Her Sister's Tattoo
2020
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Kinship of Clover
2017
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On Hurricane Island
2015
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House Arrest
2011
