Becky Ellis is a Timberwolf Pup. The daughter of a highly decorated World War II combat sergeant, she is a veteran of a war fought at home. She is the award-winning author of the memoir Little Avalanches, which received the 2024 Rubery Book Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. She teaches writing in Portland, Oregon, where she hikes, kayaks, and has raised three daughters. Her writing has appeared in Psychology Today, Northwest Review, The Ethel, Best Small Fictions, and others.