Ellie Robins

Brooklyn, NY USA

Professional Experience

I write about travel, books and addiction recovery. I've been an editor at Time Out Buenos Aires, and I spent a decade working in-house as an editor at publishing houses in London and New York.

Total Media Industry Experience

10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Someplace Magazine (6-10), Penguin Random House Book Publishing (6-10), BOMB Magazine (6-10)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Google (10+), Recovery Brands (10+)

Other Work History

I've been an editor at Time Out Buenos Aires, Melville House Publishing and Hesperus Press. And I translate: Publishers Weekly recently called my translation of Argentine Alan Pauls's novel A History of Money a "stylistic tour de force."

Foreign Language Skills

I translate from Spanish to English. I also have good working French.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Wordpress, Squarespace, Google Analytics

Equipment

MacBook Pro w/ OS X; audio recorder.

Work Permits & Visas

British citizen with an American green card.

References

Available on request

General

Requiem for Norma
(MobyLives publishing & lit blog 11/21/2012)
An account of a major Latin American publishing news sensation, for English-language readers. An analysis of the likely impact of the discontinuation of publisher Norma's fiction and nonfiction imprints.
The Seamy Underbelly of British Lexicography
(MobyLives publishing & lit blog 11/27/2012)
A news piece about the recent discovery that words had been secretly removed from the Oxford English Dictionary.
A History of Money: A Novel
(Melville House 6/1/2015)
I translated this novel by the brilliant Argentine author Alan Pauls, which tells the story of Argentina's tragic seventies and eighties through the optic of one man's relationship with money.
Fiction being scrapped from schools?
(MobyLives publishing & lit blog 12/4/2012)
Analysis of the impact of common core guidelines on literature teaching in American schools.
Operation Massacre
(BOMB Magazine 6/1/2013)
A review of Rodolfo Walsh's groundbreaking work of true crime, Operation Massacre.
The Desert vs Renewable Energy: A Shitstorm
(Someplace Magazine 4/20/2015)
A detailed exploration of local objections to plans to build large-scale solar and wind farms in the Californian desert, including interviews with the foremost local policymakers.
The Urge to Disappear: How a Poet Lost in the Desert Became a Little Part of Large Things
(Someplace Magazine 4/15/2015)
An interview with Ed Rosenthal, who spent six and a half days missing in Joshua Tree National Park during a heatwave, and a consideration of the desert's draw on artists and writers.
How Minorities Conquered the Wild West
(Someplace Magazine 4/1/2015)
The little-known history of women and gay communities finding freedom in the Californian desert in the mid twentieth century.
More people than ever using New York’s public libraries
(MobyLives publishing & lit blog 1/9/2013)
Checking misconceptions about library usage, and celebrating libraries' importance to vulnerable communities.