about the author
Eleanor Brown
New York Times-bestselling Author of The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown is the New York Times and national-bestselling author of The Weird Sisters, hailed by People magazine as “a delightful debut” and “creative and original” by Library Journal. Chosen as a Best Book of the Month by Barnes & Noble and Amazon, The Weird Sisters was also selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers title and is scheduled for release internationally.
The Weird Sisters is the belated coming-of-age story of three adult daughters of a renowned Shakespeare professor who return home to the small college town where they were raised, partly because their mother is ill, but mostly because their lives are falling apart and they don’t know where to go next. Rich with themes ranging from the effects of birth order to navigating the complicated waters of adulthood and the power of reading and literature, The Weird Sisters has been embraced by readers everywhere.
Years of theater and teaching have made Eleanor a dynamic and engaging speaker, as warm and funny as her celebrated debut novel.
Born and raised in the Washington, D.C., area, Eleanor has lived in St. Paul, San Francisco, Philadelphia, South Florida, and Oxford, London, and Brighton, England. She holds an MA in literature and lives in Colorado with her partner, writer J.C. Hutchins.
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"Shakespeare's Sisters"
Brisbane Times
"Shakespearean Twist Enriches Entertaining Family Drama"
Edmonton Journal
"Stories Do So Much for Us'
Vail Daily
"The Weird Sisters Is a Charming Read"
The Lincoln Journal Star
"Weird Sisters Is Strange in a Wonderful Way"
San Jose Mercury News
The Weird Sisters Review
Denver Post
The Weird Sisters Review
The Washington Post
Eleanor Brown Interview
New West
"‘Weird Sisters’ Bond Goes Beyond Bard"
The Boston Globe
"'Weird Sisters' Quote Shakespeare To Communicate"
NPR's Weekend Edition
"'Weird Sisters' Are Charming and Fun—and Not Really All That Weird"
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Family Crisis Reunites Three Sisters"
Miami Herald
"Eleanor Brown...On Climbing Trees"
Something To Write About
"A Family Speaks in Someone Else’s Words, but at Least It Chooses the Best"
The New York Times Book Review
The Weird Sisters Review
Beth Fish Reads
Eleanor Brown Interview
Psychology Today's One True Thing
"The Weird Sisters Hits Close to Home"
Minnesota Reads
Featured Book
The Weird Sisters
"Brown's knockout debut about the ties that bind us, the stories we tell ourselves, and the thorny tangle of sisterhood was so richly intelligent, heartbreakingly moving and gorgeously inventive, that I was rereading pages just to see how she did her alchemy. Brilliant, beautiful, and unlike anything I’ve ever read before."
—Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You and Girls in Trouble
Speaking Topics — Eleanor Brown
The Weird Sisters
- Eleanor speaks on her New York Times bestselling novel, The Weird Sisters, discussing the book’s major themes—wrestling with adulthood, the power of birth order on the people we become, and how literature transforms our lives.
Writing and Publishing
- Eleanor talks about her lifelong dreams of becoming an author and the path to publication of her breakout novel, The Weird Sisters. With solid advice for aspiring writers and authors, Eleanor shares her knowledge of both the traditional publishing industry and the new opportunities afforded to writers by technology.
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