![]() ![]() ![]() I wrote Every Breath, my first YA crime novel, and signed with Allen & Unwin a few years later. That was sort of what kicked things off for me. ![]() Then I began entering writing competitions, and in 2010, I won a major women’s short crime fiction award, the Scarlet Stiletto. I began writing fanfiction in my late twenties, and discovered a way to put stuff out there, and receive feedback, that was wholly satisfying and encouraging, and when I really got my mojo back I began writing originals again. I lost confidence in university, when I studied literature, then slowly started writing in journals. Oh, I started in the usual way! That is, I did a lot of writing as a kid, much of it fairly awful. Ellie lives on ten acres in rural north-central Victoria with her partner (also a teacher) and their four sons. The Every series (including two follow-ups, Every Word (2014) and Every Move (2015)) has now been published in eight countries. ![]() Her first book, Every Breath (Allen & Unwin, 2013), was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards, the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, and the Centre for Youth Literature’s Gold Inky. Ellie Marney is a qualified teacher and writer of Young Adult crime fiction. ![]()
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