Ellen Papazian is a writer and teacher. Her essay, “Concealer,” appears in the anthology About Face: Women Write about What They See When They Look in the Mirror, edited by Anne Burt and Christina Baker Kline. Her short fiction appears in The Long Meanwhile: Stories of Arrival and Departure, edited by Molly McQuade.

Her writing has been published in Bitch, including the Page Turner book blog, Ms., and Hip Mama. She is formerly the associate managing editor of Ms. magazine.

Ellen is a writer-in-residence with the Arts Council of the Morris Area and Arts By the People. She leads creative writing workshops for young people and senior citizens in studio settings and school-based residencies. She also teaches individually with private students.

She received her BA in Creative Studies from New College
at Hofstra University and her MA in English from Rutgers
University. She is the recipient of the Highest Distinction
in Literary Studies Award from Rutgers University and the
Young Alumnus Award from Hofstra University.