✦  Author · Illustrator  ✦

Paige

Ellery

The moment trust becomes a trap.

Hand-illustrated self portrait of author Paige Ellery with auburn hair and a red bow, holding a dark book titled Mirage, set against a moody near-black atmospheric background.

ABOUT

Sometimes the scariest things are what you let in

Things that should protect you become the source of danger or failure. That’s what I learned growing up, and now, that’s what I write about. Dark, intimate stories for people who know that the scariest things come in through doors you opened yourself.

WORKS

Shadows That Remember

A clawed pale green hand reaches through a small brown cat-flap door at floor level. A bright red bow lies on the wooden floor beneath it.

Picture book 

Don't Open The Cat-Flap

Completed · Querying

When a child’s cat starts dragging familiar lost objects through the cat-flap, each one tied with a red bow, he needs to find out who is sending them before the deliveries escalate. But the gift-giver is something in the woods that speaks only through his cat and won’t stop until it gets what it wants. If he can’t make a trade, he’ll lose Pip forever, and the price of keeping him is the one thing he loves most.  

ree-lined walkway at night illuminated by glowing street lamps with benches along the path.

 Novel – Psych Thriller

Mirage

In Progress

After being brutally attacked in Central Park, a book-loving art museum curator becomes consumed by one goal: making sure her attacker never hurts anyone else. But Sam is charming, careful, and already hunting his next victim – and with no physical evidence and a detective who has closed the case, the only weapon she has left is his own tactics turned against him. If she can’t stop him, other women will pay the price, and he walks free. 

Dark foggy forest with tangled trees and fallen branches creating a dense and eerie woodland scene.

Picture book

The Collection

In Progress

Portabella shroom collects broken things…and people. Over time, Portabella becomes broken herself

Illustrations

Drawn from the Dark

Journal

Notes From The Dark

Join The Dark

New work, updates, and things that go bump. Straight to your inbox.

Contact

Knock if You Dare

Something brought you here. I’d love to know what

    This form uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your data is processed.

    Paige Ellery

    © 2026 Paige Ellery