Ellis Avery
Ellis Avery | |
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Avery in 2011 | |
| Born | Elisabeth Atwood October 25, 1972 |
| Died | February 15, 2019 (aged 46) |
| Education | Bryn Mawr College Goddard College (MFA) |
| Years active | 2003–2019 |
| Notable works | The Teahouse Fire, The Last Nude, Tree of Cats |
| Notable awards | Stonewall Book Award, Lambda Literary Award |
| Spouse | Sharon Marcus |
| Website | |
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Ellis Avery (born Elisabeth Atwood; October 25, 1972 – February 15, 2019) was an American writer. She won two Stonewall Book Awards (the only author to have done so), one in 2008 for her debut novel The Teahouse Fire and one in 2013 for her second novel The Last Nude. The Teahouse Fire also won a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction and an Ohioana Library Fiction Award in 2007. She self-published her memoir, The Family Tooth, in 2015. Her final book, Tree of Cats, was independently published posthumously.