Ellen Swain Veen Currently writing a crime novel, plays, and a non-fiction book for law students

About Me

	Ellen Swain Veen Mill Valley, CA Member since: Apr, 2008 Last login: 10/14/2009 Last update : 10/19/2009 Contact Me
photo credit: Bill Veen

I've made my living off crime for several years now. A former public defender turned law professor, I've defended individuals charged with crime ranging from petty theft to homicide and taught law students the fundamentals of criminal justice and evidence law. Now I write about crime. My first play, about a lawyer whose client persuades her he's holding her hostage, Jailhouse Conversion, was staged in 2008 & 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm nearly finished with my first novel, Solstice 2 Solstice, about murder, spiritual searching and returning to the scene of the crime of one's own life.

Food - cooking it, eating it, enjoying the fruits of someone else's find efforts.
Mountain biking, yoga, hiking, road biking, scuba diving, swimming, skiing, traveling, petting my cats, day dreaming, reading.

Graduate College/University	Vermont Law School, class of
Graduate Area of Study	law
Undergraduate College/University	Indiana University, class of
Undergraduate Area of Study	English
Academic Credentials	J.D.