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Stephanie Ellis is a writer of dark fiction and poetry with her work appearing in a variety of magazines and anthologies, some of which has featured in Ellen Datlow’s Best of Horror recommended reading longlists and in a Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology. She is a Rhysling and Elgin Award nominated poet and has co-written poetry collections Foundlings (with Bram Stoker Award winner Cindy O’Quinn) and Lilith Rising (with Shane Douglas Keene). A hybrid author, her novels and novellas are a mix of self-published and traditionally published. She has a preference for writing in the gothic, folk horror, historical horror and postapocalyptic subgenres but will happily try something new as seen in her alt history cosy crime, Twiggy Voo? In fact, she prefers to be known simply as a storyteller rather than be labelled in any way.

She lives in Wrexham, Wales, with her family, where she spends a lot of time gazing out of the window by her desk watching the rain come down—it rains a lot in Wales. This sort of weather is the perfect excuse to stay indoors and read, her tastes varying from Charles Dickens to Ray Bradbury to Tananarive Due to Keith Rosson. She is also not averse to cosy crime in contrast to the darker side of fiction which she both writes and reads.

Music plays an important part in her life and whilst she is a metal fan, she loves punk (’70s naturally) and pagan folk. Gigs attended have been as varied as Nine Inch Nails, Wardruna and Bruce Springsteen. Much like books, she is prepared to try new artists.

When it is not raining – and she has the energy – she hikes hillsides, forests, and canal paths with her husband, Geraint.

She can be found online mostly at bsky: stephellis.bsky.social, but she can also be found on Instagram: stephanieellis7963 and Facebook: stephanie.ellis.353.