Novelist and Community Historian
Ellie Belew has written one novel Run, Plant, Fly (with audio CD) (Pika Press). She has also published four community histories, High Voltage Women (Red Letter Press), Bringing Power to the People (IBEW Local #77), Fully Involved (WSCFF), and About Wallowa County (Pika Press). Fully Involved received Honorable Mention as one of Independent Publisher Online’s Ten Outstanding Books of the Year.
She created and curated two cultural projects in the small town she calls home: Oyez Roslyn!, a seasonal arts and culture mash-up, and The Heritage Project, a multi-generational local oral history.
To support her writing life, Belew has worked as everything from Christmas tree trimmer to produce broker to print-operator to freelance maritime reporter.