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Ellen Thompson is an award-winning screenwriter and producer and a musical playwright. When Ellen’s mother, bestselling author Victoria Thompson, was battling cancer, she realized she wasn’t going to be able to finish writing "City of Promises," so she asked Ellen and her sister, who are both writers, if one of them would finish writing it for her. After Victoria passed away in 2024, Ellen finished "City of Promises," and she is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue to connect with her mom and to carry on her legacy.

Ellen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and she was an actor for nearly thirty years. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and their pets, and she
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City of Promises by Victoria Thompson
"What a fantastic book! I was unsure if I would like this book for several reasons. One, I knew Victoria Thompson had passed away and only part of the book was written by her and two I knew this would be the very last book in the series and I was a li" Read more of this review »
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