Ellie is an art historian based at University of the Arts London. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2017, and is the author of two academic monographs (Mathematics and the Craft of Thought in the Anglo-Dutch Renaissance, published by Routledge in 2021, and Syrene Soundes: False Relations in the English Renaissance, published by OUP in 2024). Her first trade book for adults, Duet: An Artful History of Music, was published by Duckworth Books in 2025/Pegasus Books in 2026; she’s also written a picture book introduction to visual analysis for 7-9 year olds (Art is Everywhere, published by Big Picture Press in 2022). In 2026 she was shortlisted for the inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction.
