Ellen Pall is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Must Read Well, Back East, Among the Ginzburgs and the mysteries Corpse de Ballet and Slightly Abridged. As a freelance journalist, she has written most often for the New York Times Magazine and the Times Arts and Leisure section. Early in her writing life, she published a series of Regency Romances under the penname Fiona Hill. (Not to be confused with the former U.S. National Security Council official Fiona Hill. Very different person.) Ellen grew up on Long Island and went to college at U.C. Santa Barbara. She lives in New York City with her husband, the international human rights advocate Richard Dicker.