Women's Fiction Author
and owner of Red Pencil Transcripts
Ellie Leonard is an author and owner of Red Pencil Transcripts, a small company that works with podcasts, documentary films, popular shows, other authors, PhD-level research projects, and journalists at several major newspapers including the New York and Los Angeles Times. She has also worked as an editor for over a decade, including a small stint in publishing in Seattle, WA.
Outside of her work-life Ellie is a mom to four wild kids, a member of a railroad family, a classical history major, a bibliophile, and a closeted classically-trained pianist. She hopes to write for the independent film industry someday.
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS
SHE SAID
by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
BECOMING
with Michelle Obama
(film version)THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART
on Apple TV
Ellie's Latest Book
Death of a Mayfly
Commercial Fiction with a Little Magic
Phoebe has never left her hometown, isolated deep at the Missouri River bottom and surrounded by miles of prairie. She longs to leave the loneliness of rural life and escape the shadow of a strict religious upbringing led by her father, the town's Baptist minister. But with freedom on the horizon she's suddenly thrust into the life of a kept woman, shattered by a moment of betrayal that she can never take back. But one split-second decision will change everything, giving her the life she longs for, the friendship she's never had, and the freedom she's never known. But only if she follows the rules.
Contact Ellie
To get in touch with Ellie, please follow her on social media, email her at ellie@ellieleonard.com, or check out her Substack.