Ellen Sussman
Ellen Sussman's New York Times bestselling novel, FRENCH LESSONS, was published by Ballantine in July, 2011. It also hit the Indie Bound Best Seller List, The San Francisco Chronicle best seller list and NPR's list. She is the author of the novel, ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS, a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller. It has been translated into six languages. She is also the editor of two anthologies, DIRTY WORDS: A LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEX and BAD GIRLS: 26 WRITERS MISBEHAVE, which was a New York Times Editors Choice and a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller. She has taught at Pepperdine, UCLA and Rutgers University. She now teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes. Her newest book is The Paradise Guest House. www.ellensussman.com
