Featured Interview With Ellie Renae
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am born and raised in California, though my mother is an immigrant from Singapore. I consider myself Chinese American, in the sense that my mother was raised speaking Teochew and that my father’s side of the family practically came in on the Mayflower.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I realized my fascination with books around the time my parents started reading me “Blue Hat, Green Hat”. I began writing intensely in high school (which was somehow 8 years ago), and I have not stopped since.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, and Chuck Palahniuk. I love to read transgressive fiction and comedy, with bonus points when a story both. The people who inspire my writings are Dan Harmon, Voltaire, my teachers from English 1A to Screenwriting, and all four authors I mentioned as my favorites.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
In my latest book, I flipped one particular media stereotypes on its head. The “protagonist”, a man who considers himself something of an American Psycho, learns that he is not who the story is really about. He meets women with more personality, agency, and moral complexity than he could ever dream of, and they drive the story. They can drive the story off a cliff with him inside, if it pleases them.
It took me exactly one month to write the first draft, then several more months to polish into something worthy of analysis and a second read.
Finally, I am so proud of this work.
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The idea behind the new book sounds very interesting and inspiring!