Ella Morton

Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York’s quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street.

Ella is now Senior Editor at Atlas Obscura, where she has written about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost.