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Ellen Read

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Multi Award Winning, multi genre author, Ellen Read, is the author of The Thornton Mysteries – cosy murder mysteries set in Australia. Ellen also writes ghost stories and thrillers. Her latest book is a fantasy, based on the Triple Goddess of Celtic mythology and soon to be published by Serenade Publishing.
When she’s not writing, she’s reading, painting or taking photographs.
Ellen loves to read fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. She particularly loves history and stories of ancient myths and legends. Authors such as Agatha Christie, Mary Stewart, Robert Graves, Edgar Allan Poe, and Victoria Holt have influenced her work.

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Ellen Read I was in the middle of packing and moving house and wanted something smaller to write than the novel I was revising. I looked through some short stori…moreI was in the middle of packing and moving house and wanted something smaller to write than the novel I was revising. I looked through some short stories I wrote years ago and found Love The Gift. It was very short and it needed some revision. It was set in England in the early 1900s. I decided I'd like to set it in Australia and Sutton Forest appealed to me as just the right location for the house and Charlotte's walled garden. I'd been there a couple of years before. It is such a beautiful place. As I started thinking about the story, I felt I wanted it to have a contemporary setting with a time shift to 1905.(less)
Ellen Read I never sit at the computer and stare at a blank document waiting for inspiration to come to me. I think ahead about what I'm writing for the day. How…moreI never sit at the computer and stare at a blank document waiting for inspiration to come to me. I think ahead about what I'm writing for the day. However, sometimes the characters or the story starts to go in a different direction to what I intended, which may seem odd but it happens. When it does and I need to think things through, I always leave the computer and walk around, or have a coffee, or read someone's else's book for a few minutes. Then I can go back to the computer feeling refreshed. (less)
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CHRISTMAS AT THORNTON PARK – OUT NOW!

On Christmas Eve, Alexandra’s father unveils a commissioned set of Russian Dolls, each carved to tell the tale of The Snow Queen. But when one doll—the Little Robber Girl—vanishes, suspicion falls on guest Viktor Zolotarev.

That night, the Beauregarde butler is found murdered, and Viktor himself is struck by a car and later attacked.

When the same glittering circle of guests gathers again for New Ye

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"I adore the way Alexandra finds herself inexplicably entwined in solving mysteries and murders. She is such a fine sleuth, and I particularly loved the inclusion of Russian dolls in this one. It was cleverly written by the author, Ellen Read, with tw" Read more of this review »
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Jacaranda trees bloom in October and November in Australia. The trees become laden with purple blossom. It is a sight to behold.

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“Time meant nothing.
She loved him in an instant.
She would love him forever.”
Ellen Read, The Dragon Sleeps

“There is always stardust in my eyes when I look at you, my love.”
Ellen Read, The Dragon Sleeps

“Mark ran his fingers over the bindings and
whispered words, written long ago, words that
wriggled through the aged leather, trembled
beneath his touch. What lives and loves,
hopes and dreams, deaths and despair
these volumes held.”
Ellen Read, Love The Gift

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“Time meant nothing.
She loved him in an instant.
She would love him forever.”

Murder at Thornton Park”
Ellen Read, Murder at Thornton Park

“There is always Stardust in my eyes, when I look at you, my love.

Murder at Thornton Park.”
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“She left after buying several cards painted by local artists, and books by two local authors.”
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“The castle rose above the early morning mist like a ship sailing majestically on a grey sea.”
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“Wax and feathers,” Alaric repeated, and then laughed again. “This might be the last great assault on the tower,” he added.

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Ellen Read, The Treasure

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