Elias Pell is a London born, previously published poet and self-confessed dreamer. Disguised as an adult (children have somehow always been able to see through this facade) Elias left England in 2016, putting all his savings towards the dream of writing full-time. Since then, he has sat, scribbling away on a rooftop in Barcelona, spurred on by the raucous cries of seagulls circling overhead.
During this time Elias has completed his debut YA Fantasy novel Steggie Belle & the Dream Warriors, a story inspired by his own lifelong Lucid Dreaming experiences.
He has also just finished compiling an eclectic collection of short stories for adults, entitled Scapegoats & Crowbars. Another two of his short stories have recently been published in a Sci-Fi and Fantasy Anthology, after winning AudioArcadia’s International Competition in 2018.
In late 2017, Steggie Belle & the Dream Warriors was quickly snatched up by a small Publishing Company over in the UK. In October 2019 it was with great sadness and disappointment that Elias was informed—nine months before the book’s scheduled release date—that the publisher was terminating his contract: see Blog for more details. Undeterred, Elias Pell has now decided to venture into the world of self-publishing, believing wholeheartedly in his work. Follow him on a journey into the unknown.
...but who is he, really?
Elias Pell treading his way carefully through Croatia, approximately 450 miles into his barefoot Charity Walk in 2012.
“Elias has found that he cannot concentrate this term. He has found it very difficult not to go off into a dream. Elias must make a very great effort to leave his dreaming until he has spare time in which to dream.”
Unfortunately, Elias Pell, aged 7, did not listen to his English teacher’s advice. Suffering throughout his childhood from Night Terrors, brought on by a lucky escape from a terrible house fire, he found refuge and solace in the mental defence of Lucid Dreaming. A skill which has proved invaluable at various stages of his life so far.
After drifting briefly in and out of University, Elias decided to travel and found he had an uncanny knack for getting himself into unusual situations. From devastating floods in the Czech Republic to sandstorms and an almost biblical plague of frogs in Argentina. From surviving the night in an infamously haunted house in the woods of Northern Italy to getting beaten up trying to save a pigeon in Spain—to name just a few.
Several years and many adventures later, Elias Pell returned to London where, at the age of twenty-seven, he published a book of poetry, buried his backpack at the back of the wardrobe, and attempted to settle down. When this eventually failed, Elias felt a strong need to cleanse himself of such “sensible aspirations”. The backpack came back out, and he embarked on a crazy mission: camping and sleeping “rough”—in some highly questionable places—while walking over 1,500 miles barefoot, raising money for charity.
While recovering from the injuries incurred, Elias came up with a reasonably rational plan—by his standards. And four and a half years later, having knuckled down, working and saving every penny he could, he retreated to focus full-time on his life’s true passion: writing.