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BIG NEWS!!!!

Books 4-6 in the Taylor Jackson series have sold!

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February 11, 2008
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J.T. Ellison's next three thrillers, all featuring Nashville homicide detective Taylor Jackson and FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, again to Linda McFall at Mira, by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.
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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

"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

NEWS...NEWS...NEWS...NEWS...
Stop in for updates as I launch my debut...

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

Breaking News... 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

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KILLER YEAR: A CRIMINAL ANTHOLOGY, edited by Lee Child here...

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ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
The debut thriller from J.T. Ellison -- From MIRA Books in November 2007

"A taut, striking debut. Mystery 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

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BIG NEWS -- Killer Year: A Criminal Anthology has sold to St. Martin's!!!

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The ultimate blog discussion of Mysteries, Murder and Marketing

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REVIEWS

REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, The crime fiction review website. ...Links to selected reviews below...
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15 May, 2006

Thriller
Crime Blogger J.T. Ellison's ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS, featuring a Nashville homicide detective and her lover, an FBI profiler, who must team up to stop a menacing killer terrorizing the Southeast, to Linda McFall at Mira, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.

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The newest Taylor Jackson and John Baldwin thriller. (September, 2008)

JUDAS KISS
The third installment in the Taylor Jackson series (May, 2009)

EDGE OF BLACK
The fourth installment in the Taylor Jackson series (September, 2009)

PARALLEL

An international assassin with a lost past must accumulate the pieces of a centuries old puzzle to save herself. (In Progress)

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Tasha Alexander -- AND ONLY TO DECEIVE
Vince Flynn-- CONSENT TO KILL
MJ Rose -- THE DELILAH COMPLEX
Raymond Khoury -- THE LAST TEMPLAR

Kiana Davenport -- HOUSE OF MANY GODS -- ELLE Magazine, January 2006
Paul Auster -- BROOKLYN FOLLIES -- ELLE Magazine Online
Gail Godwin -- QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD -- ELLE Magazine Online
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Top 12 Books of the 2006:

John Connolly -- THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS
Robert Fate -- BABY SHARK
Tasha Alexander -- AND ONLY TO DECEIVE
Cornelia Read -- A FIELD OF DARKNESS
Lee Child -- THE HARD WAY
Barry Eisler -- THE LAST ASSASSIN
Barry Eisler -- RAIN STORM
T. Jefferson Parker -- THE FALLEN
Charlie Huston -- CAUGHT STEALING
James Sallis -- DRIVE
M.J. Rose -- THE DELILAH COMPLEX
Allison Brennan -- THE HUNT

"The Best Book I Read This Week" Award 2006

2006 Winners of "The Best Book I Read This Week" Barry Eisler -- THE LAST ASSASSIN
Barry Eisler -- RAIN STORM
Brad Meltzer -- THE BOOK OF FATE
Joseph Finder -- COMAPANY MAN
Sarah Dunant -- IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN
Lisa Carey -- EVERY VISIBLE THING
John Lescroart -- THE VIG
Ian Rankin -- BLEEDING HEARTS
Robert Fate -- BABY SHARK
J.A. Konrath -- RUSTY NAIL
Alexandra Sokoloff -- THE HARROWING
Lisa Jackson -- WHISPERS
Erica Spindler -- KILLER TAKE ALL
Michael Connelly -- THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Sara Gran -- COME CLOSER
T. Jefferson Parker -- THE FALLEN
Lauren Weisberger -- THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Cornelia Read -- A FIELD OF DARKNESS
Duane Swierczynski -- THE WHEELMAN
Paul Jaskunas -- HIDDEN
Michael Koryta -- SORROW'S ANTHEM
James O. Born -- SHOCK WAVE
Charlie Huston -- CAUGHT STEALING
Mario Acevedo -- THE NYMPHOS OF ROCKY FLATS
John Sandford -- RULES OF PREY
Allison Brennan -- THE HUNT
Lisa Jackson -- SHIVER
Robin Burcell -- DEADLY LEGACY
Paul Levine -- SOLOMON vs. LORD
Rachel Gibson -- SEX, LIES, AND ONLINE DATING
Jeffrey Archer -- FALSE IMPRESSION
James Sallis -- DRIVE
Dana Stabenow -- BLINDFOLD GAME
Daphne Du Maurier -- REBECCA
Daphne Du Maurier -- CLASSICS OF THE MACABRE
Sandra Parshall -- THE HEAT OF THE MOON
Greg Iles -- TURNING ANGEL
Jane Austen -- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Mo Hayder -- THE DEVIL OF NANKING
Tasha Alexander -- AND ONLY TO DECEIVE
M.J. Rose -- THE DELILAH COMPLEX

THE "BEST BOOK I READ in 2005" AWARD

Lee Child -- THE ENEMY

2005 Winners of "The Best Book I Read This Week"

Greg Rucka -- Private Wars
Kay Hooper -- Hunting Fear
Alex Kava -- At The Stroke of Madness
Vince Flynn -- Consent to Kill
Raymond Khoury -- The Last Templar
Mo Hayder -- The Treatment
Randall Hicks -- The Baby Game
Katherine Neville -- The Eight
Karin Slaughter -- Faithless
MJ Rose -- The Halo Effect
Pari Noskin Taichert -- The Belen Hitch
Vince Flynn -- Memorial Day
John Connolly -- The Black Angel

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:

International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime -- National
Middle Tennessee Chapter, Sisters in Crime
Southeastern Chapter of Mystery Writers of America
Internet Chapter, Sisters in Crime
Guppies Chapter, Sisters in Crime

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

2004 Winner NaNoWriMo -- National Novel Writing Month
50,000 words in 30 days
NaNoWriMo
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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