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Praise for J.T. Ellison's ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS...

"With this debut thriller, Ellison puts her mentoring by Lee Child to good use. Ellison does a nice job of laying the groundwork and creating suspense. Equally well done are the refreshingly realistic procedural details."
Library Journal

"Ellison does a skillful job of capturing the city and its flavors, while taking the police procedural out of its usual New York/Los Angeles/Chicago big-city milieu and placing it in a mid-sized, vibrant Southern city. She's populated her novel with believable players, on both sides of the law."
BookPage

"Ellison’s debut novel is relentlessly paced and intricately plotted – and it features a villain who will have readers looking over the shoulders, even in the daylight." (4 Stars)
Romantic Times

"Although Nashville is the site where all the action occurs in J.T. Ellison's strong mystery novel . . . the style, tone, careful thematic development and character interaction share many things with works set in other cities. [All the Pretty Girls] has the attention to detail, unexpected twists and puzzles that are vital to topflight crime fiction."
Nashville City Paper

"Ellison paints a disturbing picture of a deranged serial killer, and the atmosphere of the book is taut, tense and suspenseful. The author's other forte is characterization . . . TV reporter Whitney Connolly leaps off the page, as does her twin sister, Belle Meade socialite Quinn Buckley. Even the murdered girls are quite vivid in the short time the reader has with them. Realistic descriptions of Nashville landmarks . . . add to the pleasure of reading this book. For the erudite, poetry snippets offer clues from the savage killer. The best part of All the Pretty Girls, though, is it's breathless pace."
The Tennessean

Author Endorsements of ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS

"A taut, striking debut. Crime fiction has a new name to watch."
John Connolly, NY Times bestselling author of THE BLACK ANGEL and THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS

"A terrific lead character, terrific suspense, terrific twists ... a completely convincing debut."
Lee Child, NY Times bestselling author of ONE SHOT

"J.T. Ellison's debut novel rocks. Darkly compelling and thoroughly chilling, with rich characterization and a well-layered plot, ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS is everything a great crime thriller should be."
Allison Brennan, NY Times bestselling author of SEE NO EVIL

"Fast-paced and creepily believable, Ellison's novel proves that there is still room
in the genre for new authors and new cops."
M.J. Rose, International bestselling author of THE VENUS FIX

"Taylor Jackson is a fresh portrayal of a cop with a serial killer to catch. Creepy thrills from start to finish."
James O. Born, author of BURN ZONE

"ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS is a spellbinding suspense novel and Tennessee has a new dark poet."
Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of ALL MORTAL FLESH

"This dark and sizzling thriller introduces three unforgettable new stars: Detective Taylor Jackson, nouvelle Nashville, and author JT Ellison herself. A deliriously readable noir debut."
Alexandra Sokoloff, author of THE HARROWING

"ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS is a masterful thriller, shockingly authentic and unputdownable."
J.A. Konrath, author of DIRTY MARTINI

"ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS could well put Ellison and Taylor Jackson on the track to become to
Nashville what Laura Lippman and Tess Monaghan are to Baltimore."
Tasha Alexander, author of AND ONLY TO DECEIVE

December 2, 2007
Breathing easier after getting this great review from my old boss at Reviewing the Evidence

November 9, 2007
Here's an essay about my path to publication -- "Piecemeal Avenue" courtesy of Dear Author

Piecemeal Avenue has just been picked up by USA Today!!!!

And... Ron Wynn at The Nashville City Paper gives All The Pretty Girls a wonderful and in-depth review

November 7, 2007
My very first print interview -- Down and Dirty in the Nashville Scene

November 6, 2007
Here's a lovely review of ATPG by Diana Risso, Romance Readers Today

Also, another great one from Jean Hanke at ReadertoReader.com

November 2, 2007
The first pictures from the book launch are in...

October 31, 2007
Check out this fabulous review in BookPage!!!

October 30, 2007
A Word on Words Podcast -- John Seigenthaler interviewed me for A Word on Words, Nashville Public Television. The program aired on Sunday, October 28. What an incredible honor!

October 23, 2007
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS is on sale. Oh my! What a cool feeling!

October 10, 2007
The Nashville Scene Features our Southern Festival of Books Panel in the Best of the Fest Picks!!!!

October 9, 2007
A great review just in from Library Journal!

October 7, 2007
4 Stars from Romantic Times!!!!!

September 29, 2007
Here's a quick interview from this year's BEA, posted by Moving Stories TV
LOVERS, DETECTIVES AND SERIAL KILLERS -- A Day In The Life of ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS

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September 25, 2007
A very nice review from Romance Reader at Heart!

September 6, 2007
Sarah Weinman chooses ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS as a Pick of the Week on Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind

The Taylor Jackson thriller series:

ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
#1 (November, 2007)

14
#2 (September, 2008)

JUDAS KISS
#3 (January, 2009)

EDGE OF BLACK
#4 (September, 2009)

Killer Year: Stories to Die For

J.T. Ellison is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College and received her Master's Degree from George Washington University. She was a Presidential Appointee and worked in The White House and the Department of Commerce before moving into the private sector. As a financial analyst and marketing director, she worked for several defense and aerospace contractors.

After moving to Nashville, Ellison began research on a passion, forensics and crime. She spent a great deal of time working with the Metro Nashville Police Department, and utilized those experiences to write her debut novel, ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS.

Her short stories have been widely published, including her award-winning short "Prodigal Me," in the Killer Year anthology, edited by Lee Child.

She is the Friday columnist at Murderati.com and is a founding member of KillerYear, an organization promoting the best debut novelists of 2007.

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Active Member of the Following:

The Authors Guild
Romance Writers of America
International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime -- National

The Bodacious Music-City Wordsmith's, (BMW's) a Nashville Critique Group

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EDUCATION

George Washington University 1994
M.A. Political Management

Graduate School of Political Management

Randolph-Macon Woman's College 1991
B.A. Political Science and English - Creative Writing
Concentration in Economics

RMWC