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Ellen Hart is the award-winning mystery author of the Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenway series.

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Ellen Hart is the author of over thirty crime novels in two different series. She is a six-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, a three-time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award in several categories, a recipient of the Alice B Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005. In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. In 2016, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (read her acceptance speech). The award "represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as for a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality."

For many years, Ellen has taught "An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery" through the The Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the n

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Ellen's Latest Book: In a Midnight Wood

Available Now!

Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless is headed on a little getaway. She and her best friend, Cordelia Thorn, plan to visit their old friend Emma in her hometown of Castle Lake, while also participating in the small town's local art festival. Between the festival and an upcoming high school reunion for the class of 1999, no one in Castle Lake is quite sure who will make an appearance.

But back in 1999, Emma's boyfriend and Castle Lake high school senior Sam Romilly went missing. Everyone thought he ran away, though the town rumor mill has always claimed his father murdered him. Today, within a week of his class's 20th reunion, Sam's remains are found in someone else's burial plot. Suddenly the case is warming up fast. People who knew Sam—friends and enemies alike—will be in town for the much anticipated reunion. It's up to Jane to sort the innocent from the guilty, before it's too late.

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Praise for In a Midnight Wood:

"Elegantly plotted... This complex mystery will satisfy newc

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Ellen Hart Peña

American lawyer and athlete

Not to be confused with Ellen Hart.

Ellen Hart Peña (born May 19, 1958)^[1] is an American lawyer and former athlete.

Career

Peña competed in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000 meter run and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials marathon. Unfortunately, due to the boycott of the Moscow games by the United States, she did not get to compete at the Olympics in 1980. She won five world titles before the end of her professional athletic career.

Peña earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1980 and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School. From 1990 to 1992, she served as Executive Director of the Community Action Program at the University of Denver, a service learning program. She worked as an attorney with the Denver firm of Morrison & Foerster from 1988 to 1990.

A made-for-TV movie based on Peña's life was produced in 1996.^[2] Called Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Peña Story, Peña was portrayed by Crystal Bernard. The plot centers around her running c