Ellen Meeropol is the author of five novels, The Lost Women of Azalea Court, (2022), Her Sister's Tattoo (2020), Kinship of Clover (2017),(2011), On Hurricane Island (2015), and House Arrest (2011). A former pediatric nurse practitioner, Ellen began seriously writing fiction in her fifties. She holds an MFA from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. Her stories and essays have appeared in Guernica, Bridges, Portland Magazine, Lilith, Writers Chronicle, The Writer, and Necessary Fiction.
Drawing material from her twin passions of medicine and social justice activism, Ellen’s fiction explores characters at the intersection of political turmoil, ethical dilemmas, and family life.
