Ellen Sue Stern

Ellen Sue Stern is the author of 20 books translated into fourteen languages, published by Bantam, Dell, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and others — including Living With Loss, The Indispensable Woman, and Loving an Imperfect Man. Her work draws on personal experience to help readers navigate life’s biggest challenges: grief, pregnancy, parenting, divorce, chronic illness, and midlife. President of Stern Literary Enterprises and Founder of Expecting Change Workshops, she has spent over 20 years working as a literary agent and coaching aspiring authors. She has served as a celebrity ambassador for the National MS Society and moderates large Clubhouse spaces on politics, culture, and writing to an audience of over 9,500 followers.

Her work has been featured on Oprah, Montel Williams, CNN .com, The Washington Post,

Sports Illustrated, and her Substack publication, Taking It Personally.