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Joan Ellis

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in London, The United Kingdom

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http://www.joan-ellis.com

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joansusanellis

Genre

Chick Lit, Thriller, Memoir

Influences

Edna O'Brian, Iain Banks, J.D. Salinger, George Orwell, Helen Fielding ...more

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July 2014

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I spent years penning letters from dogs. As an award-winning copywriter, you have to be adaptable! I worked with talented people including Paula Yates, Jennifer Saunders and Harry Enfield. With a full-time job in a London advertising agency and a new baby, I did what any right-minded woman would've done and set up a comedy club. I even appeared on the same bill as Jo Brand. Once. As a university lecturer, I taught comedian Noel Fielding all he knows about advertising. I also tutored Wordsworth's great-grandson in the art: Buy a host of golden daffodils. Get a yellow one, free! I also wrote a column in a fashionable glossie about my young daughter. She is eighteen now and has never read a word of them. A Londoner, I now live beside the sea-s ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 181 ratings · 127 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Killing of Mummy's Boy 3.84 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Guilt 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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 am Ella. Buy Me 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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 Things You Missed While You Were Away 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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

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DIED BLONDES 23 February 2019

Died Blondes – Marilyn Monroe. Ruth Ellis. Icon. Murderer. Infamous Women. Famous last words. What have these two so-called dumb blondes got in common apart from a bottle of peroxide? Plenty.

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“I am a ginger tom. I am a boy racer. I am a housewife. I am a pain in the arse.”
― Joan Ellis

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message 3: by Joan

Apr 08, 2015 02:09PM

Bringing up baby? Bringing up baby alone? Here's a little gift from me to you. Hope it makes you smile.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Missed...

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message 2: by Joan

Feb 11, 2015 09:51AM

When you're waiting for a review and it finally comes and you click on it and it's five stars! That!

My day, officially made! Thank you.

New Review: The wonderful I Am Ella. Buy Me by @JoanSusanEllis. I gave it five stars, it's terrific! http://wp.me/p4XUGt-3n

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message 1: by Joan

Feb 11, 2015 07:26AM

Fancy a 'mesmerising' and 'outstanding' thriller for just 99p?

GUILT by Joan Ellis 99p. Offer ends March 16. Kindle only.

‘You died a month before your fifth birthday. You were probably dead long before Mum downed her third gin with Porky Rawlings.’

Seven-year-old Susan is alone with her younger brother when he dies of an overdose. The guilt informs the rest of her life. When it threatens to destroy not only her but also her relationship with her new baby, she sets out to discover the truth. What she finds is as disturbing as it is magical.

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