Elle Nash

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Elle Nash
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Nash in 2024
Born
England
EducationPursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow
Notable workDeliver Me, Nudes (2021), Gag Reflex (novel), Animals Eat Each Other
Children1
Website https://www.ellenash.net/

Elle Nash is a British-American editor and author based in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2] She is best known for her debut novella Animals Eat Each Other . Nash writes about working-class characters and narratives and has criticized mainstream literature for ignoring those narratives and perpetuating the false idea of class mobility. [3] [4] [5] Her writing generally revolves around women, psychosexual transgressive themes, eating disorders, and other self-destructive behavior.

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Life

Nash was born in England but moved to the United States at a young age. [6] [2] Nash lived in Denver, Colorado during the years 2015 and 2016. [7] [8] [1] She had a daughter with her husband in 2016. [8] [7] [9] She formerly lived in northwest Arkansas until 2019 at the latest. [10] [11] [9] [12] This duration of time helped inspire her novel Deliver Me. [11] She first visited Glasgow during her 2018 tour for Animals Eat Each Other.

Work

Nash's I Can Remember the Meaning of Every Tarot Card But I Can’t Remember What I Texted You Last Night is her first published work. It was a poetry collection published with Nostrovia Press. [13] Nash's debut novella Animals Eat Each Other was published in 2018 by Dzanc Books. In 2021 she released a short story collection, Nudes , through Hobart Pulp. [14] [15] A short story collection named Little Birds was also published by Filthy Loot collaborated indie literature authors such as herself, Sam Pink, Nate Lippens, Shane Jesse Christmas, Brian Alan Ellis, and G.C.McKay. [16] [17] [18] A novella, Gag Reflex, told in the form of a LiveJournal was published by Clash Books in 2022. [15] Deliver Me, her second novel, was published by Unnamed Press in 2023. Shortly after the release of Deliver Me, Nash said she is looking on vampire lore and Mary Shelley, but is generally unspoken on her ideas for her next novel. [19]

Nash also works as an editor, and is co-founder of the literary magazine Witch Craft Magazine, [4] [20] [15] and is a fiction editor at Hobart Pulp. [21] [22]

Writing style

Nash has been asked on her novels or excerpts reading as confessional or autofictional. Nash states, that she indeed bases some work off her experiences, but feels as soon as she writes it down, it creates a separation between fiction and herself. [4] [15] Nash states her inspirations are Chuck Palahniuk, Francesca Lia Block, Tom Spanbauer, Marya Hornbacher, Dennis Cooper, and contemporary Charlene Elsby. [23] In 2013, Nash took a writing class hosted by Spanbauer. [24] When writing about sex, Nash stated in 2020 she focuses most on the emotional content while trying not to overuse anatomical terms: "The English language is so clumsy when it comes to talking about sex." [25] Nash describes the transgressive fiction genre as exploring how the boundaries of social expectations and morals can be violated. [26] [27] Additionally, Nash calls the horror genre the most expressive and malleable in fiction. [28]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, James (25 June 2024). "Desire will always find a way: Elle Nash On 'Deliver Me' and More". Glasgow Review of Books. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Miskin, Barrie. "Interview with Elle Nash". Write or Die Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  3. ↑ Seidlinger, Michael. "Some Sort of Obscene Concept: PW Talks with Elle Nash" . Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Watson, Shy. "Released from Suffering: Elle Nash Interviewed by Shy Watson" . Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Braidwood, Alistair (2022-07-19). "Interview: Elle Nash talks about her new short story collection, Nudes". SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  6. ↑ "I'm Only Happy When It Rains – 3:AM Magazine" . Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  7. 1 2 Nash, Elle (2018-06-28). "How Time in the Woods Helped Me Reset My Life". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  8. 1 2 Ehrlich, Lara (2021-03-06). "Elle Nash Transcript". Writer Mother Monster. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  9. 1 2 Hinte, Shelby. "Interview with Elle Nash". Write or Die Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  10. ↑ Ehrlich, Lara (2021-01-19). "Elle Nash". Writer Mother Monster. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  11. 1 2 Elsby, Charlene (2023-10-03). "Desire Against Reality: An Interview with Elle Nash". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  12. ↑ "A First Novel That Confronts Uncomfortable Ideas". KUAF 91.3. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  13. ↑ "Spray Tan and Kingdom Hearts: A Talk With Elle Nash". Real Pants. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  14. ↑ Hallman, J.C. (13 April 2021). "Snapshots of Grit: The Millions Interviews Elle Nash" . Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "An Interview with Author Elle Nash". www.fatalflawlit.com. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  16. ↑ "Little Birds". filthy loot - iowa horror press & misfit fictions est 2018. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  17. ↑ "Filthy Loot books - All books by Filthy Loot publisher | BookScouter.com". bookscouter.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  18. ↑ Burns, Zé (2021-03-08). "Publisher Interview: Ira Rat of Filthy Loot". Babou 691. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  19. ↑ Franzini, Sam (2023-10-13). "Author Spotlight: Elle Nash, "Deliver Me"". Our Culture. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  20. ↑ "Elle Nash : Deliver Me". Tin House. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  21. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle (2021-02-12). "Agency Over Anything Else: Talking with Elle Nash". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  22. ↑ "Stories by elle-nash on Guernica". Guernica. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  23. ↑ Franzini, Sam (2023-10-13). "Author Spotlight: Elle Nash, "Deliver Me"". Our Culture. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  24. ↑ "Elle Nash On Writing As A Parent, Tom Spanbauer's Basement, and Her New Novel 'Animals Eat Each Other'". LitReactor. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  25. ↑ "BOMB Magazine | Projecting Desires: Sarah Gerard Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  26. ↑ "Beyond the Extreme: Four Women Authors Defining a New Wave in Horror". The Lineup. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  27. ↑ Kemp, Sophie (August 20, 2021). "Writer Elle Nash on creating a place outside your everyday – The Creative Independent". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  28. ↑ Restaino, Max (2023-11-16). "DELIVER ME Author Elle Nash Delivers Full Blown Body Horror In Third Novel". www.fangoria.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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