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Thomas Sayers Ellis

Thomas Sayers Ellis is author of The Maverick Room, which won the John C. Zacharis First Book Award, and Skin, Inc. He is a recipient of a Mrs. Giles Whiting Writers ’ Award and co-founder of The Dark Room Collective. He is also an Assistant Professor of Writing at Sarah Lawrence College, a faculty member of the Lesley University low-residency M.F.A Program, and a Caven Canem faculty member. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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