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Winslow Eliot is an American writer of romantic suspense novels, known as both Winslow Eliot and Ellie Winslow. She has published seven novels[6], which have been translated into twelve languages and published in twenty countries. She is the author of Bright Face of Danger[7] (originally published by St. Martin’s Press[8] 1993; revised, updated and re-released by Telemachus Press[9] 2010). Bright Face of Danger has been published in four separate French editions: as Fatale Vengeance[10] (Harlequin) and, most recently, as L’Innocence du Mal (Mira Books-France and Harlequin Bestsellers 2009)[11]. A Perfect Gem and Heaven Falls was published by Telemachus Press in March 2010). The Wine-Dark Sea, Painted Secrets, Red Sky At Night, A Distant Light, and Roman Candles were published under the pseudonym Ellie Winslow by Signet/NAL. The Wine-Dark Sea was bought by ITC in Hollywood (now defunct), and made into a screenplay. The author of numerous articles, she has been a contributing author to Area, the Oriental Rug Magazine[12] or many years, and was a reader for the Independent Film Project[13] in New York City. She contributed to Illustrated Atlas of Native American History[14] (Saraband 1999) Ed. Samuel W. Crompton. Eliot’s contribution: “Accommodation, Exchange, and Warfare 1600 – 1700.” She is listed as the editor for Waldorf Book of Breads[15], published by Steinerbooks[16] in 2010. Personal life Winslow Eliot was born on August 19, 1956, in New York City, NY[17]. When she was two years old, her father, art editor of Time Magazine[18], received a Guggenheim Fellowship[19] and the family moved to Spain. During that year abroad, her parents decided to leave Time, Inc., and instead to raise Winslow and her older brother in Europe. They spent several years living in the mountains north of Athens, and then on Corfu. They took a freighter trip from Yugoslavia to Japan, where they had to escape what turned out to be a Communist spy ship and lived in Japan for a while, before returning to New York. They then lived in Rome, Italy for three years, where Eliot attended the Overseas School of Rome[20]. In 1967 the family moved to Sussex, England, where she enrolled at Michael Hall School[21], a school based on the Waldorf-Steiner method of education. After receiving her high school diploma in 1974, she moved to Claremont, California[22], where she attended Scripps College[23]. Graduating in 1977 with a degree in Modern European Studies, she then attended the Publishing Procedures Course at Radcliffe College[24]. Afterwards, Eliot moved to New York City, where she worked at several publishing houses, including Simon & Schuster and Doubleday, and Time, and Fortune magazine. From 1983 – 1986 five of her romance novels were published by Rapture Romance, a publishing line produced by Signet/NAL[25]. In 1986, Eliot married Tom Stier[26], a painter and musician, whom she had met in 1979 in New York City. In 1988 they had their first child, Samantha Stier, and in 1990 a son, Eliot Stier, was born. In 1993 her first mainstream novel was published by St. Martin’s Press: The Bright Face of Danger. In 1996 the family moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts[27] where she took the job of public relations director and humanities teacher at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School[28] and later at the Great Barrington Waldorf High School[29]. Courses she has taught include: History through Language, The Novel – Graham Greene, The Odyssey, Parzival, Romance Literature, Shakespeare, World Religions, Poetry, and a wide variety of creative writing courses. Eliot received her Waldorf High School Teaching diploma from the Center for Anthroposophy[30] in Keene, NH in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, she taught English and worked as the Community Relations Director at the Honolulu Waldorf School[31] in Hawai’i. When she returned to Alford, Massachusetts she published two further romantic suspense novels: Heaven Falls (Telemachus Press, March 2010), and A Perfect Gem (Telemachus Press, March 2011). Background Eliot is the heir of a long line of writers and educators. She is the daughter of Alexander Eliot[32], former Art Editor of Time Magazine, and the writer Jane Winslow Eliot[33]. Her great-great-grandfather, Charles W. Eliot[34], was president of Harvard University[35] for fifty years and revamped the American college Liberal Arts curriculum. He was also famous for establishing the “five-foot shelf[36],” a still-utilized collection of essential books. Her great-great grandmother, Ada Davenport Kendall[37] was a leading journalist who spent several months in prison for protesting in support of women’s suffrage; and Kendall’s great-grandfather, Edward Winslow, came to America on the Mayflower. Another direct ancestor, John Eliot[38], translated the Bible into Algonquin in the seventeenth century. T.S. Eliot[39] is a sixth cousin. Her grandmother, Ethel Cook Eliot[40], wrote children’s books (The House Above the Trees, The Wind Boy), teenage mysteries, and adult novels (Ariel Dances, Green Doors). List of books by Winslow Eliot Heaven Falls (Telemachus Press, March 2010) The Bright Face of Danger (St Martin’s Press 1993, Telemachus Press 2010) A Perfect Gem (Telemachus Press, March 2010) Illustrated Atlas of Native American History (Saraband 1999) Ed. Samuel W. Crompton. This beautiful coffee-table book has lots of maps, primary source material, and detail. Eliot’s contribution: “Accommodation, Exchange, and Warfare 1600 – 1700.” Written under pen name Ellie Winslow: The Wine-Dark Sea (Signet/NAL 1983) Painted Secrets (Signet/NAL 1984) Red Sky At Night (Signet/NAL 1985) A Distant Light (Signet/NAL 1986) Roman Candles (Signet/NAL 1987) Reviews of Winslow Eliot’s books Publisher’s Weekly[41] (Spring 1994) Rendezvous (now obsolete) Spring 1994 Romantic Times 1984, 1985[42] Cut to the Chase Reviews[43] Precisely Mine[44] WebbWeavers[45] Amazon.com[46] and BarnesandNoble.com[47] (reader comments) Other works Poetry: Eliot is the author of hundreds of poems. In 1995 she cofounded the Saturn Series Weekly Poetry Readings[48] in New York City, which continues to be a popular weekly venue for new and established poets and performance artists. She teaches poetry as well as holding poetry readings at various venues around the country. WriteSpa – An Oasis for Writers[49] is a newsletter that Eliot distributes to a subscriber mailing list as well as posting on her web site. The newsletter offers musings about writing and writing practices. Daily Happinesses[50] – Since 2007, Eliot has posted daily writing inspirations that have created a grass-roots following all over the world. Film In 1994 ITV Productions in Hollywood bought the rights to all Signet’s Rapture Romance line. The Wine Dark Sea was made into a screenplay for the pilot of a Romance series for cable television. Although ITV Productions paid a significant sum to Signet/NAL for the right to create the screenplay, she never received any money for the sale, which Signet/NAL claimed was for the Rapture Romance line, not her novel. Statistics

* Eliot’s books have been translated into more than twelve languages[51], including Greek, Swedish, French, Italian, and Japanese.

See also Eliot is a member of Romance Writers of America[52] and the Red Room[53].