About the Author

A.D. “Addie” Ellicott had to switch to eBooks because her puppy got jealous of the attention her physical books got (we don’t speak of the resulting carnage). She loves nothing more than to sit down with a cup of tea and craft romantic tales from fantastical worlds. Her genres of choice include Fantasy, Romance, and occasionally Space Opera.

Selected Works

Maintenance Phase

Short story published in Body of Work (2023)

Body of Work is an anthology showcasing speculative fiction authors from Australia on the theme of transformation, cycles and the body. Published by Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (Australia).

Maintenance Phase explores themes of anti-fatness and healthism, eating disorders, and queerness.

Going Prose

Podcast (2023-present), co-hosted with C.Z. Tacks.

Initially conceived as a way of coping with National Novel Writing Month, this podcast invaded the mind of its hosts to perpetuate its existence in the form of a second season, with more to come. Two emerging authors wade through

Recent sightings

Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild

Member (2022-present), Secretary (2023-24), Committee (2023-present)

CSFG is a community group/not-for-profit whose mission is to develop, publish, and promote Canberra writers of speculative fiction. Addie has been spotted in the short-story critique group, monthly meetings, and at accountability brunches.

Conflux convention

Conflux is Canberra’s longest-running speculative fiction convention, drawing in hundreds of guests from around Australia each year.
Addie was spotted on the following panels:
Ace as Folks: Asexual Characters in SFF (Chair/Facilitator)
The Slush Manifesto: How the Anthology Sausage Gets Made (Panellist)
It’s Groundhog Day! Using Time Loops to Build Character & Plot (Panellist)

Continuum

Continuum is Melbourne’s annual fan-run speculative fiction and pop culture convention. 
Addie was spotted on the following panels:
Building Worlds (Chair/Facilitator)
Building Magic (Panellist)

Worldcon

Worldcon is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society.

The only thing Addie did at the Glasgow 2024 Worldcon was have a good time. And sing some karaoke. Badly.