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Featured in Elle, Nylon, Playboy, Self!
Check the June issue of Penthouse for an interview with Ellen!
A playful take on bedroom talk—a smart, funny encyclopedia with entries written by notable contemporary writers. This witty reference steps in where time-honored discussions of the birds-and-the-bees typically fall short.
Love the Dirty Words book cover?
So does Ellen. Read her essay.
Read more about Dirty Words.
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New York Times Editor's Choice!
San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone. ... I behave badly because I can." That's how Ellen Sussman describes her deviant endeavours. To better understand them, she's invited 25 other bad girls together to share their stories.
Check out the Bad Girls website!
Read Susan Straight's Bad Girls essay on Salon.com.
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San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller List
January Magazine's Best Fiction List of 2004
Soon to be a Lifetime movie!
In the tradition of Anita Shreve and Sue Miller, Ellen Sussman offers a rich, powerful story of a fiercely independent single mother who must learn to confront loss to find love.
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Ellen has an essay in the upcoming anthology Because I Love Her, edited by Nicki Richesin.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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