Hi, I’m Ceci Ellis
I am a writer, photographer, and creative! My work spans poetry, short fiction, magazine features, and visual storytelling across print and digital media.
About Ceci Ellis
Ceci Ellis is a writer, photographer, and creative, whose work spans poetry, short fiction, magazine features, and visual storytelling. Her writing has appeared in a short-fiction anthology, a Phoenix-based literary magazine, and national magazines including Backwoods Survival Guide and Prepper Survivor Guide. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Spanish and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she explores the desert and surrounding mountains through hiking and photography.
Five Fun Facts:
Did you know she used to be terrified of birds?
Thank you, Alfred Hitchcock! At age six she snuck out of bed and watched The Birds, which left a lasting impression. Months later, ducks and geese invaded her and her sister’s tent while camping. They were biting through the sleeping bags
Now days she volunteers at Liberty Wildlife, a wildlife rehabilitation and education center in Phoenix, where she works hands-on with raptors, owls, and other wildlife. She still has a very healthy respect for waterfowl.
Did you know she handles mealworms and cockroaches bare-handed?
Liberty Wildlife will do that to you. The woman who once feared both birds AND reptiles, including snakes, now handles them regularly and with confidence. She has hand-fed raptors, worked with Dubia roaches, and once held a tarantula — voluntarily. The birds get thick leather gloves though. Those talons are no joke.
Did you know she speaks seven languages?
She is fluent in English and Spanish, she picked up the others through travel, curiosity, and a stubborn refusal to be monolingual. Conversational enough in five others to be either very polite or very rude, depending on the situation. She'll let you guess which comes more naturally.
Did you know she's on a mission to visit all 50 states?
She's been to England, Canada, and Mexico, but the real goal is closer to home; visiting all 50 states. So far, she's covered all of the left coast, and a good chunk of the middle. Fourteen still to go, including a few that require serious logistical commitment. Alaska, she's looking at you. The clock is ticking.
Did you know she once kidnapped a rock band?
In the late 1980s, while bartending at a Troy, Michigan hotel, she noticed four members of English Gothic rock band The Mission UK were bored to tears. Against hotel policy and all reasonable judgment, she told them to meet her in the parking lot, somehow fit all four of them into her three-door Geo Metro, and took them to a bar she knew. The night ended at a friend's house with an impromptu jam session that lasted until 4am. She had them back before sunrise. The hotel never found out. Until now.
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