The Lost Women of Azalea Court

On a chilly November morning, eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was […]

Her Sister’s Tattoo

Two sisters. One badly injured cop. A family torn between loyalty and politics. Rosa and Esther Cohen march through downtown Detroit in August 1968, protesting the war in Vietnam in […]

On Hurricane Island

As a major hurricane threatens the northeast, math professor Gandalf Cohen is abducted by federal agents and flown to a secret interrogation center off the coast of Maine. Austin Coombs, […]

House Arrest (2nd Edition)

Home care nurse Emily Klein usually loves her work. But her new assignment, prenatal visits to a young woman under house arrest for the death of her toddler daughter during […]

Kinship of Clover

He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is desperately looking for a way to listen […]

House Arrest

Home care nurse Emily Klein usually loves her work. But her new assignment, prenatal visits to a young woman under house arrest for the death of her toddler daughter during […]

Ellen Meeropol talks shop on Necessary Fiction!

Last week, Ellen Meeropol posted an essay on Necessary Fiction detailing the fascinating process of the research she did while writing her new novel On Hurricane Island, from learning the […]

House Arrest Reviewed by Psychology Today

Bella DePaulo from Psychology Today posted a fantastic review of Ellen Meeropol's newest book, House Arrest: "I didn't plan to do so, but I read it straight through until I […]

Interview with Ellen Meeropol

Saturday, February 5, 2011Ellen MeeropolEllen Meeropol holds an MFA in creative writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. Her stories have appeared in The Drum, Bridges, […]

The Lost Women of Azalea Court

On a chilly November morning, eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was […]

On Hurricane Island

As a major hurricane threatens the northeast, math professor Gandalf Cohen is abducted by federal agents and flown to a secret interrogation center off the coast of Maine. Austin Coombs, […]