Ellen Birkett Morris
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
Author of Lost Girls and Beware the Tall Grass
About Beware the Tall Grass:
Beware the Tall Grass weaves the stories of the Sloans, a modern family grappling with their young son Charlie’s troubling memories of a past life as a soldier in Vietnam, and Thomas Boone, a young man caught up in the drama of mid-sixties America who is sent to Vietnam. Eve Sloan is challenged as a mother to make sense of Charlie’s increasing references to war, and her attempts to get to the bottom of Charlie’s past life memories threaten her marriage, while Thomas struggles with loss and first love, before being thrust into combat and learning what matters most. Beware the Tall Grass explores the power of love and mercy with grace and artful sensitivity in a world where circumstances often occur far beyond our control.
Guest Post by Ellen Birkett Morris: Finding My Way to the Page.
About Lost Girls:
“Lost Girls explores the experiences of women and girls as they grieve, find love, face uncertainty, take a stand, find their future, and say goodbye to the past. A young woman creates a ritual to celebrate the life of a kidnapped girl, an unmarried woman wanders into a breast feeder’s support group and stays, a grieving mother finds solace in an unlikely place, a young girl discovers more than she bargained for when she spies on her neighbors. Though they may seem lost, each finds their center as they confront the challenges and expectations of womanhood.”
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
Author I draw inspiration from:
I love the work of Elizabeth Strout because it is beautifully with empathy, heart and wisdom about the human condition.
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
Favorite place to read a book:
In my purple velvet easy chair with my dog Lila on my lap.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:
Inspector Armand Gamache from the Louise Penny novels.
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author:
When I was a child reading The Giving Tree and feeling so sad at the end I knew I wanted to make someone feel something through writing.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:
A beautifully designed hardback
The last book I read:
Monogamy by Sue Miller (which I loved)
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
Pen & paper or computer:
computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with:
The fierce and adventurous Enola Holmes from the kids book series.
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a:
pastry chef or chocolatier
Favorite decade in fashion history:
I like the elegance of the 1920s fashion. The fine details, rich fabrics and lovely accessories.
Place I’d most like to travel:
Italy and the Maldives
My signature drink:
Amaretto on the rocks
Favorite artist:
Monet
Number one on my bucket list:
to perform stand-up comedy in a crowded club
Find more from the author:
Website: https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellenbirkettmorriswriter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/birkett_morris
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenbirkettmorris/
About Ellen Birkett Morris:
Author Interview - Ellen Birkett Morris
ELLEN BIRKETT MORRIS is an award-winning writer, teacher and editor based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, and SURRENDER. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, and South Carolina Review, among other journals. Her commentaries have been heard on public radio stations across the United States
