[4] Prior to becoming a full time writer, Paulson-Ellis worked as a script-editor,[5] producer, fundraiser, arts administrator and tour guide.
[11] She followed this with The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing[12] which was longlisted for the 2020 McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel[13] and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown.
[15] All three books inhabit what Paulson-Ellis calls ‘the territory of the dead’ and explore the world of people who die with no apparent next of kin.
Paulson-Ellis’ short fiction has appeared in New Writing Scotland, Gutter, the Dangerous Women project and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
[22] The following year, Paulson-Ellis travelled to Hamburg at the invitation of Louise Welsh to represent Scottish writing as part of the British Council Literature Seminar in Germany.