Walter Ellis

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Walter Ellis (born 7 September 1948) is a Northern Ireland-born, United States-based writer. He spends his summers in France.

Ellis is the author of The Beginning of the End: The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood, the story of his early life in

), a study of elitism in higher education in England.

He has lived in New York since 2001. His wife Louisa is a graphic designer and painter. His son, Jamie Ellis, is a record producer.

Ellis, formerly a journalist and foreign correspondent for several British and Irish newspapers, now writes obituaries for The Times of London. He is also moving into the field of fiction. His thriller, The Fleeing Man, was published in Italy in 2010 (as Il Codice Caravaggio) and came out in Ireland in the summer of 2012, achieving excellent reviews.

References

  • Ellis, W. (2006). The Beginning of the End: the Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood. Edinburgh: Mainstream Press.

External links

Official website