Award Winning Author Ellen Roth

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will Award Winning Author Ellen Roth.

Ellen A. Roth’s love of fairy tales inspired her to write one for grown-ups ? Ten Fingers Touching. This spellbinding, romantic escape transports adults to an imaginary world with the same pleasure they experienced in reading fairy tales as youths.

The genesis of Ten Fingers Touching  has rested within Ellen for some time. As a child, she was enchanted by fairy tales and spent countless hours reading and dreaming.

Her creative impulses inspired her to major in art and art history at Goucher College where she received her BA. She devoted the early years of her professional career to the arts, studying museum curatorship and obtaining an MFA from Syracuse University. After moving to Pittsburgh, PA in 1974, she became a registered art therapist and worked with emotionally disturbed and developmentally disabled children. Subsequently she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Her experience as a mental health professional showed her how the power of imagination unlocks emotions in individuals of all ages.

In 1991, Ellen co-founded Getting to the Point, Inc., a premier relocation consulting firm that specializes in assisting corporations attract high level executive talent to Pittsburgh.

Ellen was named one of the Best 50 Women in Business in Pennsylvania, honored as a Woman of Distinction by Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania, and is a recipient of the YWCA Tribute to Women Leadership Award in the category of Entrepreneur.