P R Ellis is a writer of crime thrillers and other fiction but has also contributed to a large number of published educational resources.
Born in Cardiff in 1953, P R Ellis studied chemical physics at the University of Kent and trained as a teacher at the University of Bristol. He taught science, particularly chemistry in schools in Norfolk, the Isle of Wight and the Thames Valley before retiring to Herefordshire in 2010 to write. Since 1988, under the name Peter Ellis, he has written secondary level science textbooks and teaching resources for publishers such as NelsonThornes, Pearson and HarperCollins. He has a particular interest in the history of science and from 1999 to 2001 edited and published a teaching resource called breakthrough.
Since 1980 P R Ellis has been conscious of being transgendered and since 2000 has been living a dual gender life. The crime thriller series based around transsexual detective, Jasmine Frame, is written under the name Penny Ellis. Publicity surrounding the publication of Painted Ladies, the first Jasmine Frame novel, in 2013, lead to Penny Ellis coming out publicly. The second novel in the series, Bodies by Design is in preparation and episodes of a prequel, Blueprint, are available on the blog, www.ellifont.wordpress.com
Penny also writes science fiction and fantasy and was commended for a short story at the Winchester Writing Festival in 2012.
Website: www.ellifont.wordpress.com
Twitter: #PREllis1
Facebook: jasmineframedetective
LinkedIn: Penny Ellis
Painted Ladies: A Jasmine Frame story, published by Troubador ISBN 9781783060689 paperback and 9781783069552 e-book
The Jasmine Frame series of crime novels sees private detective, Jasmine Frame, faced with various crimes while passing through her gender transition. Formerly a police officer, Detective Constable James Frame, Jasmine left the police force owing to friction with her boss DCI Sloane following her transition.
In Painted Ladies, Sloane asks for her help to track down a killer who has taken to targeting transvestites. Working with her former partner, DS Tom Shepherd, Jasmine finds evidence to identify the killer. Despite misgivings about the clashes with her gender identity she agrees to play the part of a flamboyant transvestite to flush out the killer but finds that her life is also in danger.
Jasmine Frame is a unique private detective. As a transitioning transsexual she has problems to overcome concerning her gender identity as well as those presented by the cases she has to solve. In “Jasmine and me”, Penny Ellis presents episodes from the Jasmine Frame stories and introduces Jasmine and the other characters in the novels. Penny relates Jasmine’s experiences to her own as a transgendered woman and discusses the position of transgendered people in society and the media today.
As well as giving her presentation, Penny is happy to join discussions on crime fiction, writing, publishing and gender matters.
Contact email: prelliswriter[at] btinternet.com
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