Ellis Avery is the author of a novel and a memoir. Her first novel, The Teahouse Fire (Riverhead, 2006), set in the tea ceremony world of 19th century Japan, has been translated into five languages and won three awards, including the American Library Association Stonewall Award. Avery teaches fiction writing at Columbia University and lives in New York City. You may visit her website at www.ellisavery.com.

Books by Ellis Avery

The Last Nude

by Ellis Avery

A stunning story of love, sexual obsession, treachery, and tragedy, about an artist and her most famous muse in Paris between the world wars.