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Paz Ellis

Biography

Paz Ellis has been writing since childhood. Her writing journey began with journaling, poetry, and short stories. She grew up in a household of voracious readers. Her father used to write Cuban folk songs and one of her uncles is a poet. When she was about twelve-years-old her mother gave her a wonderful gift- her first hardcover book. It was a beautiful copy of "Little Women." She looked at it and realized that her name would be on a book cover one day. However, her first book was a product of grief. She wrote a memoir, Plantains and the Seven Plagues several months after her mother passed away and has not stopped writing since that day.

Paz has also published a fictional book, "Just Finn". It is a story about an autistic young man, inspired by her brother who has lived with Asperger Syndrome for over forty-five years. "Just Finn" is the first of a two-part series. Part II will be available in the fall of 2020.

She was born and raised in New Jersey and currently lives in Florida. She lived on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma for twenty years with her husband. They have two teenage sons. Paz is also a photographer, a history buff, and an avid reader.

Books by Paz Ellis

Just Finn by Paz Ellis. Autism, autistic, fiction. Book cover.
Meet Finnegan MacManus, or just “Finn” as he prefers to be called. His life began when he was 18 years old. He was born 18 years earlier, but he had never truly lived. Since birth he had been different and his parents were indifferent toward him. His mother never bonded with her infant son. He never cried or smiled. As he got older he would scream and throw his arms around when something did not go his way.
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Plantains and the 7 Plagues by Paz Ellis. A Memoir: Half-Cuban, Half-Dominican and Full Life. Book cover
Author Paz Ellis takes readers on a cross-cultural and trans-generational journey through her childhood in New Jersey to adulthood with Plantains and the 7 Plagues, A Memoir: Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban and Full Life. Paz insightfully describes, the complexities and contradictions of growing up in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Cuban father.deeply heartfelt.
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Non Fiction > Memoir & Biographies