Ellen B. O’Brien writes romance novels with humor, spice, heart, and more run-on sentences than you can shake a very convoluted stick at. She prefers to write stories set in the modern world, often in the paranormal, monster, and fantasy romance subgenres, and enjoys exploring themes of trauma and recovery, creativity, neurodivergence, family, and flying. Currently available are Monsoon, a long contemporary fantasy romance novel that answers the age-old question of whether it counts as being “caught in the rain” if a water fae caught you there on purpose; Bites on Bourbon, a vampire romance novelette about a buttoned-up engineering grad student and a cheeky vampire shopgirl set in 1994 New Orleans; and Whiskey Pooka Foxtrot, a spicy romance novel about a woman who rescues a cursed pooka from a pony ride and agrees to help him adjust to the modern world. Upcoming works are A Fae’s Guide to Tactical Botany, a contemporary fantasy romance set in the same magical modern world as Monsoon, which will be released on March 15, 2026, and Beware the Orcs of March, a monster romance between an orc literature professor and a human metal sculptor. She has other works in progress featuring such creatures as mothwomen, giants, more fae, a frog shifter, a sea witch, non-denominational angels, librarians, and lawyers.
She also provides editing, illustration, and design services under her mundane name Bridget Engman Wilde. In her personal life, she makes jewelry, reads manga, studies film, embroiders, crochets, welds, cosplays, coddles her succulents, and enjoys Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is proud to have single-mommed three children to kind, clever, sarcastic adulthood.
Prior to dipping her toe into the world of indie publishing, Ellen B. spent many years writing fanfiction, most recently (and still) at the Elysian Fields Spuffy Fanwork Archive. Her works may be found there and at Archive of Our Own under the username bewildered.