Elliott wright biography

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Born and raised in Los Angeles to British parents, Elliott spent his youth exploring the schoolyards and skateparks of Southern California, never straying too far from the waters of the Pacific. Following high school, he fell in love with surfing and spent more time in the water instead of skateboarding nearby it. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara for his undergraduate degree, studying English and writing for the student-run Daily Nexus.

After graduating from UCSB, he moved to London to embrace his familial roots. While there, he returned to academia, earning a master’s degree in 20th- and 21st-century Anglophone literature. Following two wet, gloomy winters in the UK, he relocated to Marseille, France, seeking solace in a sunnier climate. He taught English to local youth and worked in a café to improve his understanding of the French language and cuisine.

Since returning to the US pre-pandemic to be closer to family, he has written extensively in the surf and skateboarding industries. A true environmentalist and steward of the ocean, he is thrilled to represent Surfrider as a Communications Coordinator and promote the organization’s mission by writing about truly impactful issues.

Although I’ve been living happily in the North for twelve years, I was born in South East London. I left school at 16 and married unwisely at At the age of 30 I took my two children, left my unhappy life and started again, reinventing myself with an education and a new surname, which I chose by drawing up a shortlist from the telephone directory and sending off for brochures so I’d receive mail in those names. I settled on Elliot; Susan Elliot sounded like ‘me’. Soon after changing my name, I met Mr Right, or in this case, Mr Wright. Within a few weeks, we decided to marry (although it took a couple of years to get round to it). We became the Elliot-Wrights, but we&#;ve dropped the hyphen now.

For most of my life, I’ve managed to avoid a full-time ‘proper job’, although after leaving school I did put in five years as a civil servant – talk about a misspent youth! Since then, I’ve been a cleaner, barmaid, washer-up, market researcher, cake decorator, FE English tutor, chef, freelance journalist, features editor, non-fiction author and creative writing tutor.

Now, as a novelist, I’m doing my dream job, but if I wasn’t an author, I’d be a chef. There’s a wonderful camaraderie in a commercial kitchen, and cooking with other people can be great fun

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