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Ellen Arrand

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Ellen Arrand is a novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Her first novel, Public Works Private Souls, was published by Beach Holme in 1994. Her short stories have appeared in Grain, Waves, Room of One’s Own (now Room) and Random Thought. Her full-length play, The Trutch Street Women, was a finalist in Theatre BC’s National Playwriting Competition in 2005. Also in 2005, Bear Me Stiffly Up, a one-act play, was a winner in Grain Magazine’s monologue contest. Both plays were published by Ekstasis Editions and produced in Victoria by Theatre Inconnu. Ellen has a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph.

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Ellen Arrand My idea for my most recent book, Hotel Abundancia, came from three extended trips I took to Mexico. I fell in love with Mexico and it became a backgro…moreMy idea for my most recent book, Hotel Abundancia, came from three extended trips I took to Mexico. I fell in love with Mexico and it became a background to most of the novel, as well as a kind of character itself: bighearted, down-to-earth, colourful, unsentimental, romantic, forgiving, and expansive. Mexico changed me and I think it changes my main character, Sara.

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	Bear Me Stiffly Up & One-Man Hamlet 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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