Ellen Arrand is a published novelist and short story writer. Her stories have appeared in Grain, Room of One's Own, and Waves. Her novel, Public Works, Private Souls (Beach Holme), was praised by Books in Canada as: "a book full of painfully won personal truth thet makes the reader blink with admiration." This novel was also adapted for the stage, and was produced by Theatre Inconnu in 2004. The Trutch Street Women was a finalist in the 2005 Canadian National Playwriting Competition. Ms Arrand holds a Bachelor Degree in Creative Writing and English from the University of Victoria. She is currently enrolled in the Creative Writing Masters Program, at the University of Guelph-Humber.