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Ella Marques

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Born

in Lisbon, Portugal

August 13, 1956

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Ella Marques was born in Portugal in 1956 as a man. She went to Le Rosey a Boarding school in Switzerland, Studied Mechanical Engineering in London. She spent a large time of her life in Switzerland where she had a very good business career and made her MBA, She lived as well in Paris and sometime in Brazil.

Ella traveled all her life, has been in many countries in most continents and speaks seven languages.

Now she lives in south Florida with her family, where she finally took the courage and transitioned from Male to Female (MTF), her real self. She started to write, she is very active with the transgender community, and stopped living in denial of herself.
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Average rating: 4.36 · 28 ratings · 4 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Eva's World: A Real Woman's Life 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I was born a boy, from Venus: It's time to be yourself 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming Home to Venus: The story of a woman transitioning to her real self by Ella Marques (Goodreads Author), Bianca Cutait (Illustrator), Jessica Hatch (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was Born a Boy, from Venus, 2nd Edition: It's Time to Be Yourself by Ella Marques (Goodreads Author), Petralina Rae (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Coming home to Venus

My new book coming home to Venus coming soon. I hope before June 15.

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Alchemy of The Heart: The Sacred Marriage of Dionysos & Ariadne

by A. Marina Aguilar

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Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success

by Jordan Belfort (Goodreads Author)

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Master of Persuasion: How to Dramatically Increase Sales, Get People to Say Yes, and Be a Positive Influence in the Lives of Others

by Eric Bailey

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Ella’s Quotes

“We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

tags: addiction, life-lessons, philosophy, thinking, thoughts

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Transgender Book Club — 417 members — last activity Sep 05, 2026 10:06AM
Originally spawned from a small community on tumblr, this group was started for trans people to come together and discuss books. The main intent of th ...more

GLBT Book Club - Retired — 252 members — last activity Sep 07, 2023 12:23PM
This group hs been retired. Please join LGBTQIAP+ Lit Lovers: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1225037-lgbtqia-lit-lovers

Transgender Fiction — 316 members — last activity Feb 27, 2022 10:46AM
A group for the discussion of transgender fiction and transgender issues. We are open to trans* people of all identities and open-minded allies of all ...more

transcommunities — 119 members — last activity Aug 09, 2017 02:26PM
To discuss books of interest to transcommunities. Please interpret "trans" and "communities" as broadly as you want -- it's all good! transgender tra ...more

Rainbow Writers & Readers — 927 members — last activity Aug 15, 2026 09:51AM
A safe place to talk about GLBTQ+ fiction, from m/m romance to trans* and queer books. Please note if you are requesting to join, either your profil ...more

Trans-literati — 160 members — last activity Sep 16, 2020 01:40AM
For discussion of books about transgendered people or topics, or of interest to transgendered populations, including SOFFAs.

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