Ellen Pauley-Goff

Ellen Pauley Goff (she/her) was born and raised in the wilds of Kentucky. Her short fiction has appeared in the Indiana Review, Hunger Mountain, F(r)iction, and New Millennium Writings, among others. Her poetry can be found in the Atlanta Review, and her creative nonfiction can be found in The Inquisitive Eater and Karma Comes Before. She is the author of the forthcoming fantasy novel The Farewitch of Foxe Holler (Saga Press/S&S, June 2026).

Ellen received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, and her MFA dual degree in Fiction and Writing for Children & Young Adults from The New School. She is the proud founder of a longstanding writing workshop and critique group in the heart of Manhattan, with the goal of providing publishing knowledge to emerging writers. When she's not writing, Ellen works in publishing and international rights.

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