About the Author

Lindsay Ellis is a New York Times bestselling author and video essayist on media, narrative, and film theory, and also co-writes and co-hosts the fiction-focused web series It's Lit! for PBS Digital Studios. After studying Cinema Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she earned her MFA in Film and Television Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts with a focus in documentary and screenwriting. She lives in Long Beach, CA.