AUTHOR BIO

Bio | Circus Girl, A Novel

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Elizabeth Carter Wellington traveled the world alone at sixteen and lived in India for a year. After earning a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from Boston University she taught at Boston University, Simmons, Babson and Wellesley College.

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In the seventies, she joined a three ring circus and traveled with the show throughout the Deep South.  Circus Girl, A Novel is a work of fiction based on her experiences on the road and the stories of the circus people she knew.