Helen Ellis is an American novelist. She is the author of two published novels, as well as several works of short fiction.
Her first novel, Eating the Cheshire Cat (Scribner: 2001), is a dark comedy written in southern Gothic style. It tells the story of three girls raised in the South, and the odd, sometimes macabre tribulations they endure.[1][2][3]
Her second novel, The Turning Book: What Curiosity Kills (Powell's Books: 2010), is a "teen vampire" story about a 16-year-old girl from the South who is adopted into a wealthy New York City family. The book's plot include shape-shifting, teen romance, and the supernatural.