Prior to that, she was a writer/producer for ABC’s long running comedy, “Coach,” and many other prime time network television series.

She has created original pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Family, the Disney Channel and The Australian Children’s Television Foundation in Melbourne. She is currently at work on “The TV Writer’s Workbook: A Creative Approach to Television Writing” which will be published by Bantam in spring 2007.

Ellen is also a playwright with productions in both Los Angeles and New York. Her most recent play “How’d It Go” starring Emmy winner Megan Mullally was picked up for pilot development by Oxygen Network.

Ellen teaches at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles and at The New School in New York City. She has spoken at numerous colleges as a representative of the WGA Visiting Writer’s Program, she has been a featured presenter at the annual NATPE Convention in Las Vegas, and a star speaker for three years at Screenwriting Expo in LA .