Ellen Moore

Ellen Moore is a sixth generation Live Oak County resident and distant relative of J. Frank Dobie. She attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor’s degree in English and a masters degree in education. She taught high school English in Keller, TX, following in the teaching footsteps of her mother. After three years in the classroom, Ellen returned to academia and attended the University of Dundee in Scotland, earning a master of Letters in English, culminating in a dissertation of feminism in media and literature of the American West. She has now taken her love of literature into a new career, working in publishing and seeking out the stories that are worth telling.