Ellen Simpson is an American writer. She is known for her work as story editor and social media writer for the web series ''

Carmilla ''Carmilla'' is an 1872 Gothic fiction, Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' (1897) by 26 years. First published as a Serial (literature), serial in ' ...

''. She also has published several novels with Ylva Publishing. Simpson identifies as a lesbian.

Career

In 2014, Simpson developed the web series ''Carmilla'' with Jordan Hall for

SmokeBomb Entertainment Shaftesbury Films is a film, television and digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Background Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and ...

. The series premiered on the

Vervegirl ''Vervegirl'' was a Canadian teen magazine published by Youth Culture, based in Toronto, for young women aged 13–24. The magazine engages young women through lifestyle, global causes, fashion, entertainment, career, health and beauty. Backgrou ...

(rebranded as 'KindaTV' as of January 2016) YouTube channel on August 19, 2014.

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is the executive producer of the web series.Tampon Maker Finances Canadian Vampire Web Series
'' The Hollywood Reporter'', October 17, 2014. The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, Austria and is told through video journals (

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) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2. In 2016, the series won a Canadian Screen Award as well as Rockie Award for Branded Content at the Banff World Media Festival. Simpson is currently a PhD student in the department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.

References

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