Ellie Mathews is an author of fiction and nonfiction works including The Linden Tree (winner of the 2007 Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions is an independent, non-profit publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Milkweed's goal is to make a positive impact on society through the transformative art of literature. Milkweed is sometimes called the largest independent, non-profit literary publisher in the United...

 Prize for Children’s Literature). Her recipe for Salsa Couscous Chicken was the Grand Prize Winner of the 1998 Pillsbury Bake-Off

Pillsbury Bake-Off

The Pillsbury Bake-Off is a cooking contest, first run by Pillsbury Company from 1949 to 1976 as an annual contest. Since then, the contest has been held biennially.-History:...

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Mathews holds a degree in geography from the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

, 1976 with emphasis on cartography and graphic arts. In her first career she linked those interests with software development.

In the early 1990s she began writing. She has published fiction and nonfiction, has been honored with two fellowships and an arts commission award. Her book, Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist’s Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship about Robert Cushman Murphy

Robert Cushman Murphy

Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....

's 1912 journey to South Georgia Island, came out to starred reviews. Her memoir The Ungarnished Truth, A Cooking Contest Memoir about winning the Pillsbury Bake-Off

Pillsbury Bake-Off

The Pillsbury Bake-Off is a cooking contest, first run by Pillsbury Company from 1949 to 1976 as an annual contest. Since then, the contest has been held biennially.-History:...

was published in March 2008 by Berkley Books.

Books

• Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship, Godine, 2003 ISBN 1567922465
• The Linden Tree, Milkweed Editions, 2007 ISBN 1571316744
• The Ungarnished Truth: A Cooking Contest Memoir, Berkley Books, 2008 ISBN 0425219453

Short fiction, poetry, & anthologies

• "Rosary," anthology selection, Floating Bridge Press, 2006
• "Maintenance Issues," Tidepools Literary Magazine, 2005
• "Riding Midnight," Cicada, July, 2004
• "High Wire," Peoples Publishing, Language Arts Series 2003
• "Face Value," Cicada, March, 2002
• "Fences," Cicada, July 2001
• "Saying Grace," Australia's School Magazine, March 2001
• "The Izzie Show," Cicada, 2001
• "High Wire," Cicada, September 2000
• "Family Pictures," Fishtrap Anthology, 2000
• "The Thickness of Water," Cicada, November 1999
• "Saying Grace," Cricket, May 1999
• "Owen's Room," Fishtrap Anthology, 1998
• "Territory," Cicada, November 1998
• "The Wolf Tree," FlipSide Magazine, Spring 1998
• "Rosary," the Metro Poetry Project, King County, WA 1998
• Four Poems, The Tinker's Quarterly, 1998
• "Thanksgiving," the Metro Poetry Project, King County, WA, 1997
• "Christmas Gifts," Friends Bulletin, December, 1995

External links

• Ellie Mathews Official Website