Ellie Mathews (born October 22, 1945,

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) is an author of fiction and nonfiction works including ''The Linden Tree'' (winner of the 2007

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Prize for Children’s Literature). Her recipe for ''Salsa Couscous Chicken'' was the Grand Prize Winner of the 1998

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.Gregory Roberts
Seattle Woman's Really Rollin' in the Dough, Boy / Writer Ellie Mathews Wins Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; February 25, 1998, p. E1 Mathews holds a degree in geography from the

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, 1976 with emphasis on cartography and graphic arts. In her first career she linked those interests with software development. In the early 1990s she began writing. She has published fiction and nonfiction, has been honored with two fellowships and an arts commission award. Her book, ''Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist’s Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship'' about

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's 1912 journey to

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, came out to starred reviews. Her memoir ''The Ungarnished Truth, A Cooking Contest Memoir'' about winning the

was published in March 2008 by

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Books

*Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship, Godine, 2003 *The Linden Tree, Milkweed Editions, 2007 *The Ungarnished Truth: A Cooking Contest Memoir, Berkley Books, 2008

Short fiction, poetry, & anthologies

*"Rosary," anthology selection, Floating Bridge Press, 2006 *"Maintenance Issues," ''Tidepools Literary Magazine'', 2005 *"Riding Midnight," ''Cicada'', July, 2004 *"High Wire," ''Peoples Publishing, Language Arts Series'' 2003 *"Face Value," ''Cicada'', March, 2002 *"Fences," ''Cicada'', July 2001 *"Saying Grace," Australia's ''School Magazine'', March 2001 *"The Izzie Show," ''Cicada'', 2001 *"High Wire," ''Cicada'', September 2000 *"Family Pictures," ''Fishtrap Anthology'', 2000 *"The Thickness of Water," ''Cicada'', November 1999 *"Saying Grace," ''Cricket'', May 1999 *"Owen's Room," ''Fishtrap Anthology'', 1998 *"Territory," ''Cicada'', November 1998 *"The Wolf Tree," ''FlipSide Magazine'', Spring 1998 *"Rosary," the Metro Poetry Project, King County, WA 1998 *Four Poems, ''The Tinker's Quarterly'', 1998 *"Thanksgiving," the Metro Poetry Project, King County, WA, 1997 *"Christmas Gifts," ''Friends Bulletin'', December, 1995

References

External links

Ellie Mathews Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, Ellie American children's writers Writers from Port Angeles, Washington Living people 1945 births American writers of young adult literature Memoirists from Washington (state)