Jennifer Ellis

Confessions of a Failed Environmentalist Jennifer Ellis

Publisher Marketing: Alana Matheson always tries to do the right thing for the environment, even when it means boycotting school meatball day, forgoing the use of makeup, or getting entangled in a bet with her non-chicken-loving ex-husband over which of them can be the most environmentally conscious. So when a mining company proposes developing a mine right in the middle of the community watershed, well, of course Alana is going to be on the front lines opposing the development. Except she isn't. To her own shock and dismay, she finds herself taking a job... with the mining company. Worse, she finds herself drawn to her attractive and mysterious boss, Nate: a capitalist mining executive. The enemy. Alana struggles to do right by the community, deal with her feelings for Nate, and maintain her own environmental morals. But as the conflict over the mine heats up, it gets increasingly difficult to be on the "wrong side," and both Nate and Alana are cracking under the pressure. Part satire, part serious, Confessions of a Failed Environmentalist is about the cast of characters who seem to pop up in all environmental disputes, and how all of us fail sometimes to do the right thing for the environment, in both big and small ways. Contributor Bio:  Ellis, Jennifer Jennifer Ellis is the author of A Pair of Docks, Book One in the Derivatives of Displacement series. Her second novel, In the Shadows of the Mosquito Constellation, is coming in early 2014. She writes contemporary action-adventure middle grade and adult fiction, sometimes with a dystopic edge. She also joins too many book clubs and skis. She works as an environmental researcher writing about climate change, global food security and alternative energy. She lives in a small ski town in British Columbia with her husband, two sons and a noisy cat. You can find her here: Website: www.jenniferellis.ca Twitter: @jenniferlellis