In memory of Julie Ellis

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Julie Ellis was born in Columbus, Georgia. During her high school years she was part of the school drama group and wrote her first novel. She shipped it off to a major New York publisher, received a fast rejection slip, tossed the manuscript into the garbage--vowing to do better. At sixteen she moved with her parents to New York (after high school graduation and a very brief stint at the University of Georgia), where she focused on drama studies and wrote one-act plays performed by her drama class.

Julie Ellis was torn between an obsession for writing and for acting (she'd read every play in her Columbus, Georgia, library)--and soon triumphantly combined the two by writing three-act plays (one was briefly optioned for Broadway--the prospective sponsor decided instead to invest in a sugar-free jelly operation) and acting on the Off-Broadway scene.

Julie Ellis married her producer/director, lived in the colorful East Village, continued to act on Off-Broadway (and toured summer resort hotels and bungalow colonies) until after the birth of her second child, daughter Susie. During the Off-Broadway period she sold several radio and television scripts--and gradually, along with her husband--became realistic. Raising two kids required some financial stability--missing in our Off-Broadway existence.

Julie Ellis passed away on February 2006 from a massive stroke.

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