Chachkis and Chicken Wings: The Case of the Oakton Falls Burglar

Ellen Pleasant grew up between living in the suburbs of a metropolis and summers in a small Midwestern town. Her love of writing began as a child during those long car rides. She’d pack a bag full of books, blank journals and assorted colors of pens. Her hobby of crafting short stories was long forgotten by the end of her teen years but the trips to the quaint small town where her grandmother lived perpetuated into adulthood. Ellen rediscovered writing as an outlet for the stresses of day-to-day life and through it she revisited those magical summers as a child. Pleasant’s works are equal parts quirky characters, hijinks and paranormal drama. It’s all painted on the backdrop of a the friendly heartland lifestyle that Ellen Pleasant fell in love when she was young. She’ll have you in tears laughing and falling in love with her characters, who are as relatable as they are otherworldly.