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Melissa Martin Ellis

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Nonfiction, Paranormal, Graphic Novels

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I'm the author of five nonfiction books, The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels, The Insider's Newport Guide, The Everything Photography Book, 101 Ways to Find a Ghost and The Everything Ghost Hunting Book for Adams Media/Simon and Shuster.

I regularly collaborate with my husband, author Mark Ellis on graphic novels, such as: Beecoming Sophie, Nosferatu, and HP Lovecraft's Miskatonic Project.

As an illustrator, designer and photographer, I have been been featured in numerous New England exhibits and galleries, as well as in print media such as The Redwood Review, Newport This Week, Newport Life Magazine, The Boston Globe, Horseman’s Yankee Peddler, The Newport Round Table Anthology and Balancing The Tides. ...more

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	The Everything Ghost Hunting Book: Tips, tools, and techniques for exploring the supernatural world 3.73 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2009 — 12 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
	The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels: From superheroes to manga―all you need to start creating your own graphic works by Mark Ellis, Melissa Martin Ellis (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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
	101 Ways to Find a Ghost: Essential Tools, Tips, and Techniques to Uncover Paranormal Activity 2.93 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	nosferatu : sovereign of terror by Mark Ellis, Rik Levins (Artist), Bill Marimon (Artist) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	The Everything Photography Book: Foolproof techniques for taking sensational digital and 35mm pictures 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Walls and Bridges by Melissa Martin Ellis (Goodreads Author), J.N. Day, Nancy Driggs 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	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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	Beecoming Sophie - A Bee Conscious Adventure by Melissa Martin Ellis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Mark Ellis, Susan West Kurz 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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Melissa Ellis liked Ralph L Jr.'s review of Cryptozoica: "Book Review of Cryptozoica by Mark Ellis I went into reading ‘Cryptozoica’ with a slight amount of apprehension, but the subject matter appealed to me. An island filled with dinosaurs that lay undiscovered by modern man, and the cover depicted raptors" Read more of this review »
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Melissa Ellis liked Allan's review of Cryptozoica: "I came very close to not reading this book. First off I thought the cover looked really bad. Second off, a few chapters in and I could not get into the story. i am very glad I stayed with the book though. The book got better and better and finally it" Read more of this review »
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Melissa Ellis and 1 other person liked Tim Byrd's review of Cryptozoica: ""This whole thing sounds like the plot for a lot of B movies." Thus speaks one of the main characters in Mark Ellis's dinosaur adventure, Cryptozoica, and the statement reflects what I expected going in with this novel. I had reservations based on a h" Read more of this review »
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Read-along Seduction by M.J. Rose — 240 members — last activity Apr 06, 2014 09:50AM
A place to discuss Seduction a novel of suspense with me, the author, M.J. Rose. I will be dropping in a few times a week bringing my own insights abo ...more

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