Trey Ellis
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Trey Ellis (born 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter and essayist.
[edit] Novels and memoirs
His acclaimed[citation needed] first novel, Platitudes, was recently reissued by Northeastern University Press, along with his influential[citation needed] essay, The New Black Aesthetic. He is also the author of the novels Home Repairs and RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW which received an American Book Award in 1999. His latest book is Bedtime Stories: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Single-Fatherhood, a memoir of his life as a single father of two.
[edit] Film
His work for the screen includes the Emmy nominated Tuskegee Airmen, and Good Fences, starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg, which was shortlisted for the PEN award for Best Teleplay of the year, and was nominated for a Black Reel award. In 1994, he wrote "The Inkwell" under the pen name "Tom Ricostronza".
[edit] Essays
His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Playboy, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times, among other places. He is a regular blogger on The Huffington Post and lives in Manhattan, where he is an Assistant Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Film.
