Ellen Feldman, a 2009 Guggenheim fellow, is an American author, including the novels The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, Scottsboro (shortlisted for the Orange Prize), Paris Never Leaves You and Return to Berlin. Her work has been translated into thirteen languages. Ellen grew up in northern New Jersey, USA, and holds a BA and MA in modern history. After further graduate studies at Columbia University, she worked for a New York publishing house. Ellen lives in New York City with her husband and a terrier named Charlie.