Ellen Rachlin’s poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Comstock Review, Granta, Court Green, Literary Imagination, and various anthologies.  She has published two collections of her poems, Until Crazy Catches Me (Antrim House, 2008) and Permeable Divide (Antrim House, 2017), winner of the 2018 IBPA Book Award Silver Medal. At the Big Bang Resort is forthcoming from Red Hen Press.

She is the author of the award-winning historical fantasy novel, Enheduanna’s Song From the Sands (Histria Fiction) based on the life of Enheduanna, the world’s first named author and ancient Mesopotamian high priestess.

She is also the author of two chapbooks, Waiting for Here (Finishing Line Press, 2004), a finalist in the New Women's Voices series, and Captive to Residue (Flarestack Publishing, 2009).  She received her MFA from Antioch University.  She serves as treasurer of the Poetry Society of America and is a partner at Blue Leaf Ventures.

Other writing includes numerous textbook and journal articles on the subject of finance and investing with various publishers including Wiley.