Ellen Sussman - Author Website







Essays and Interviews

Profiles & Interviews

Six Questions for Best-Selling Author Ellen Sussman
—The Nervous Breakdown

Authors at Google – The Paradise Guest House


Profile on Ellen Sussman
—OurTown

Finding a Home

—CarolineLeavittville

Go Big Or Go Home!

—Women's Fiction Writers

Parisien Salon chats with Ellen about French Lessons


The San Francisco Chronicle profiles Ellen


Huffington Post piece on Ellen, FRENCH LESSONS and being a bad girl


The Six Question Sex Interview with Ellen Sussman
—TheNervousBreakdown.com

Kirkus interviews Ellen!


Ellen talks about French Lessons on "Your Book is Your Hook" radio


Book Club Discussion with Ellen Sussman
—Bookmovement.com

"Your Book Is Your Hook!" Show - Random House + FRENCH LESSONS

WomensRadio.com

Ellen is featured as a Bay Area "local luminary" in Gentry Magazine

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This is NOT "Feminine Tosh": Writing Meaningful Fiction

Listen to internet radio with She Writes on Blog Talk Radio

Ellen's Essays & Blog Posts

Ellen writes about her mom's influence on her as a writer
–Bookreporter.com

Ellen Sussman’s 5 Best Evers

—ChickLitIsNotDead

Making Stuff Up
—Redroom

Ellen Sussman: This One’s For You, Mr. G.
—1stBooks

I am not my main character. Well, maybe.
—Fiction Fascination

All In
The Simple Things, a British magazine, published Ellen's short short story. About one of her passions: poker!

Kaddish With a Dead Celebrity

Ellen writes about the loss of a dear friend and a surprise encounter in France.

—tabletmag.com

An Orphan Thanksgiving
—KitchenDaily.com

Why I Love The Book Tour
—A guest blog post on The Debutante Ball

Ellen Sussman: Breaking the Rules
—1st Stories

Leave Home and Learn
—girlfriendbooks.blogspot.com

Paris, Mon Amour

—redroom.com

Ellen Sussman talks about letting your writing marinate
—carolineleavittville.blogspot.com

Don't Skip the Sex Scenes
–christinabakerkline.com

I Hated the Three-Day Breast Cancer Walk
—huffingtonpost.com

Patriotism-is it a dirty word?
—A guest blog post on The Debutante Ball

Red Room
Read Ellen's Blog and her essay on book tours.

Readerville
Ellen talks about her book cover on one of her favorite sites.

1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started
Ellen guest stars on this blog started by author Meg Waite Clayton.

 

Other Works by Ellen


The Thong Also Rises

Because I Love Her

Ellen has an essay in the upcoming anthology Because I Love Her, edited by Nicki Richesin.

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The Other Woman
Available now
from Warner Books

The Other Woman

She's been called the harpy, the Jezebel, the Lorelei, the bitch...and other choice names. In truth, she is someone's daughter, mother, friend, confidante. She seduces husbands, breaks up marriages, and occasionally becomes a
stepmother. She is the Other Woman--but she's only half the story.

You can read Elllen's essay "Invite the Bitch to Dinner" in The Other Woman.

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The Other Woman
Available now
from Seal Press

For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance

In For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance twenty-seven gifted authors write personal essays about how body image has colored, changed or enriched their lives...or how life’s events have changed their body image.

You can read Ellen's essay "What I Gave Up " in For Keeps.

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The Other WomanAvailable now
from Doubleday

Kiss Tomorrow Hello: Notes from Midlife Underground by 25 Women Over Forty

For baby-boomer women, "aging" is the ultimate hot-button word. Kiss Tomorrow Hello consists of spunky, poignant, and sometimes slapstick responses to midlife crises by women over 40.

You can read Ellen's essay "Tearing up the Sheets: A Meditation on Middle-Aged Sex" in Kiss Tomorrow Hello.

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The Thong Also Rises

Available now
from Travelers Tales

The Thong Also Rises

Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. These Ms-adventures take readers around the world and back again — and they’ll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures.

You can read Ellen's essay, "Naked Nightmare" in The Thong Also Rises.

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Real Wife Stories: Febuary, 2009

We share our lives. But the kitchen – well, that's another story.

 


My Turn: December 8, 2003

How Would My Rape Shape My Kids’ Lives? I’d always taught my daughters to be fearless. Now I had to tell them how treacherous the world can be.