Ellie Stoneley

When she's not writing or singing songs about scarecrows and wheels on buses with toddlers, Ellie Stoneley works freelance helping small charities and businesses to give themselves a louder voice online.

Ellie graduated from Durham University, and has worked all over the world, most notably judging the technology category of the Village of the Year competition, mining opals in the Australian outback and as a volunteer on behalf of the Kitchen Table Charities Trust, for whom she travelled to Madagascar to highlight the issues many children face there. Ellie gave birth to her daughter at the age of 47.

Ellie's first book, Milky Moments, has been selected as a contender for the People's Book Prize 2016 ... currently open to a public vote on http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=1327.

Ellie writes regularly about mothering and being an older first time mother on her own blog Mush Brained Ramblings http://www.crazypregnantperson.com,

- for Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ellie-stoneley/,

- What to Expect http://www.whattoexpect.com/wom/baby/no-one-can-prepare-you-for-falling-in-love-with-your-child.aspx,

as well as at MumsNet, Midlife Mothers and Breastfeeding Matters. She appears on TV and radio to discuss a variety of parenting issues. She has been shortlisted for the Brilliance in Blogging awards and nominated in the MAD blog awards.

When her daughter was born Ellie was determined to breastfeed, but things got off to a shaky start as her baby was premature and had to be fed via a nasal tube, and was found to have a tongue tie. Ellie found tremendous support from the La Leche League and a local breastfeeding drop in centre which transformed their nursing experience, and 3 years later they are still going strong.

She hopes that Milky Moments, published by Pinter and Martin, will support and encourage other new mothers, their children and families on their own breastfeeding journeys.