Novelist & Screenwriter · Los Angeles

Elle Carling

writes … psychological thrillers, WWII historical drama, and for work and play.

Stories about deception, survival and the masks people wear.

Novelist and screenwriter Elle Carling in a black leather jacket against a deep red backdrop
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  • Published novelist
  • Ten screenplay awards
  • Based in Los Angeles

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Featured Work

CATFISH key art: She catfished every man who lied to her. Now someone is catfishing her.

Psychological thriller · Novel · Series

CATFISH

A heartbroken ER nurse catfishes the men who lied to her, until someone starts catfishing her. A novel, an award-winning limited series pilot and a vertical drama in development.

Seven screenplay awards

THE WEINFÜHRER key art: Bordeaux, 1940. Germany wants France’s finest wine. The man sent to get it is an old friend.

WWII historical drama · Feature film

THE WEINFÜHRER

Bordeaux, 1940. Germany wants France’s finest wine, and the man sent to get it is an old friend. A WWII drama based on the true story of Heinz Bömers, the Bremen wine merchant appointed Weinführer of Bordeaux.

Three screenplay awards

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About Elle

Elle Carling is a novelist and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Raised in a Ukrainian household in Canada, she’s drawn to characters who reinvent themselves, and to the secrets they keep along the way. Her novel CATFISH is available in print, ebook and audio, and its limited series pilot has won seven screenplay awards. Her WWII feature THE WEINFÜHRER has won three more.

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From the Blog

Elle Carling writes … for work and play.

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