Ella McLeod
Writing Coach
Ella McLeod is a Branford Boase-nominated author whose debut novel, Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair, was published in July 2022 with Scholastic and in June 2024 with Little Bee in the U.S.A. Rapunzella received rave reviews in Kirkus, the Irish Times, the Guardian, and a star review in Foreword Magazine. Her second novel, The Map That Led To You, was published in June 2024 and is a pirates-and-mermaids swashbuckling adventure story full of queer romance and radical self-acceptance.
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Ella is passionate about writing on identity, particularly as it pertains to womanhood, blackness and queerness. She is currently working on her adult romantasy debut. With both of her YA novels weaving poetry with prose, Ella enjoys using the space between the two to express something close to the intangible.
When she is not writing, Ella produces podcasts and hosts Comfort Creatures on the Max Fun network, which offers light relief to animal lovers.
If you’re writing YA or romantasy, then Ella’s imaginative and perceptive insights will provide inspiration.
‘Never forget that your voice is unique! If you don’t tell your story, no-one will. Stories are what connect us, they teach us empathy. Working to ensure that the world is not denied your words is an act of love.’
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