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ABOUT ELLE

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Elle Middaugh

USA Today Bestselling Author

Elle Middaugh lives in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania with her wonderful husband and three beautiful children. She spends most of her time dreaming, imagining, and creating. Any other time, she's probably writing stories, reading, or attempting to keep a clean house. Life can be crazy, but she's definitely a believer in happily ever afters! 

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, HUH?​

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Check out the list of things below! 

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If there's something you want to know that's not listed, send me an email and I might just add it in. 

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- Elle 

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MORE ABOUT ELLE

KIDS

3

7

CATS

1

HUSBAND LOL

SOME OF MY FAVES

AUTHORS

  • Sabaa Tahir

  • Jaymin Eve

  • Jane Washington

  • Tate James

BOOKS

  • The Ember in the Ashes Quartet

  • The Hunger Games Trilogy

  • The Curse of the Gods Series

  • Royal Trials Series

  • Hannaford Prep Series

COLORS

  • Cyan

  • Turquoise

  • Purple

MUSICIANS

  • Deftones

  • Purity Ring

  • Odesza

  • Twenty one Pilots

FOOD

  • Pizza

  • Shrimp scampi

ANIMALS

  • Jaguar

  • Leopard

  • Panther

HOGWARTS HOUSE

  • Hufflepuff

PERSONALITY TYPES

  • Myers-Briggs Psychological Type: INFP-T (Mediator)

  • Enneagram Psychological Type: 4 (Individualist) with a wing of 3 (Achiever)

  • Enneagram IVQ: self preservation (the Sensualist)

ASTROLOGY

  • Astrology Sign: Virgo

  • Element: Earth

Started writing in middle school

(N*Sync fan fic, if you must know)

Studied Creative Writing in high school and college.

Published first book in 2016 (Elemental Secrets)

First co-written book 2020 (Fae Captive, with Ann Denton)

Hit USA Today Bestsellers list in 2018 (rank #63 - Once Upon a Rebel Fairytale)

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THE GENRES

Here is a breakdown of what you can expect from each genre I write in.

NEW ADULT

MAIN GENRE

A genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18-30 age range. NA tends to focus on themes such as: leaving home, developing sexuality, choosing careers, beginning college, starting families, financial independence, loss of innocence, fear of failure, and friendships post-high school.​

 

It is typically considered a mixture of the YA and ADULT genres.​YA themes I tend to incorporate: family life, friendship, relationships, sexual interest, identity, working through problems, and learning to be responsible.​

 

ADULT themes I tend to incorporate: the emotional development of a relationship, graphic sex scenes, multiple sex scenes, graphic violence, existential musings, and family dynamics.

Generes

THE TROPES

These are tropes I really like to use, or have used in the past.

Band of Brothers

The "Band of Brothers" trope is a group of men who are supportive of each other, but also tease and taunt each other. A group of people (usually male) dedicated and loyal to each other due to the dangerous (often combat-related) circumstances they have faced together.

Tropes

If you like any of these book tropes, then I think we'll be an awesome fit! ​

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  • Reverse Harem

  • Band of brothers RH

  • Protective heroes

  • Grumpy x Sunshine

  • ​Mythology

  • Magic

  • Gods, Goddesses, and demigods

  • Royalty and Riches

  • Secrets, lies, and betrayals

  • Soul mates, fated mates, and insta love

  • Family dynamics
  • Supportive and sarcastic bestie​

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