Ellen Meeropol is the author of three novels: House Arrest, On Hurricane Island and Kinship of Clover (forthcoming in 2017). A former nurse practitioner and part-time bookseller, Ellen is fascinated by characters balanced on the fault lines between political turmoil and human connection. Her short fiction and essay publications include Bridges, The Cleaver, The Rumpus, Necessary Fiction and The Writers Chronicle. Her dramatic script “Carry it Forward” telling the story of the Rosenberg Fund for Children was produced in June 2013 starring Eve Ensler, Angela Davis, and Cotter Smith.