ELLEN. MORRIS PREWITT is an award-winning author who loves writing about the South. Her stories have appeared in literary journals such as Gulf Coast Literary Review, Southern Women’s Review, Arkan...view moreELLEN. MORRIS PREWITT is an award-winning author who loves writing about the South. Her stories have appeared in literary journals such as Gulf Coast Literary Review, Southern Women’s Review, Arkansas Review, Hotel Amerika, Brevity, Fourth Genre, storySouth, Texas Review, Southern Hum, and Alaska Quarterly Review (how did that happen?). Two of her stories were nominated for Pushcart Prizes; one received an Honorable Mention. Her work has won or placed in contests judged by Lee Smith, Ron Rash, and Richard Goodman. For nineteen years, she practiced law. For six years, she worked as a runway model. For her time facilitating a weekly writing group of men and women experiencing homelessness, she was named an Upstander by Facing History and Ourselves. She is proud to be a true indie author: she's had books published by a small press, a hybrid press, and self-published in audio, ebook, and print. She lives in Memphis and New Orleans. She's been known to appear in public in costume.view less