Ellison Cooper

ellisoncooper.com/ Irish/American citizen, Ellison Cooper was born just outside of Washington DC where she grew up among senators and supreme court justices. She has a Ph.D. in anthropology from UCLA, with a background in archaeology, cultural neuroscience, ancient religion, colonialism, and human rights. She conducted her fieldwork primarily in Central America where she lived in a tent in the jungles of Belize for nine years while searching for lost Maya ruins. She has also done research in Micronesia, West Africa, and at the University of London, Institute of Historical Research. Ellison’s academic work has been published in a variety of journals including the prestigious Cambridge Archaeological Journal. She has been invited to present her research around the world. Before graduate school, Ellison briefly attended Georgetown Law School and worked as a murder investigator for the Washington DC Public Defenders Service where she gained an insiders view of the criminal justice system. In addition, she is a Wilderness K9 Search and Rescue volunteer certified as a Federal Disaster Worker for the Incident Command System. Ellison began writing fiction while conducting research on the island of Yap, Micronesia but it wasn’t until she left her job as Assistant Professor to care for her ill son that she actually finished a novel. After multiple rewrites, that novel eventually became Caged. Ellison’s short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies including Crime & Mystery from Flame Tree Press, as well as in various magazines such as Interzone and Daily Science Fiction. She now lives in the beautiful Bay Area with her husband and son. VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host/Gothic Horror novelist Jennifer Anne Gordon (with help from co-hosts/authors Allison Martine and Trisha Mckee) chat with some of the best authors of the day. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.trishamckee.com www.facebook.com/Allison-Mart... www.patreon.com/JenniferAnneGordon @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air