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Episode 112: Ellen Alpsten

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Ellen Alpsten

Ellen Alpsten TsarinaWe’re back after an unexpectedly long holiday break.

But what a great start to 2021. Author Ellen Alpsten stops by the Bunk to to talk with Brad about growing up in the Kenyan highland, attending school in Paris, working as a television reporter, the book industry, and eventually finding her way to becoming a novelist. And her historical novel Tsarina.

Plus, there’s even a bit about our dogs!

About Ellen Alpsten

ELLEN ALPSTEN was born and raised in the Kenyan highlands. Upon graduating from L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, she worked as a news anchor for Bloomberg TV London. Whilst working gruesome night shifts on breakfast TV, she started to write in earnest, every day, after work and a nap.

Today, Ellen works as an author and as a journalist for international publications such as VogueStandpoint and CN Traveller.

She lives in London with her husband, three sons and a moody fox red Labrador. 

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