Ellie was involved in the creation of the #LoveOzYA campaign to promote and advocate for Australian YA literature, and contributed to the critically-acclaimed Begin End Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology. She often teaches about writing and publishing at public events, and is a regular speaker at festivals, schools, and libraries.

Ellie has spent a lifetime researching in mortuaries, interviewing law enforcement and autopsy specialists, and asking former spies how to make explosives from household items – now she lives quite sedately with her family in south-eastern Australia while she writes her next book.