Slippery Beast is an August "ten best non-fiction". in Book Riot! "Micro-history and true crime lovers will both love this fascinating story." bookriot.com/new-nonfiction…; ellenshell.com

Wow! “If you are not already enchanted by eels, this situation will be resolved after a few pages of this spellbinding book. Ellen Ruppel Shell will astound you, delight you, distress you, and make you fall in love with these mysterious, shape-shifting creatures" – Sy Montgomery

Pretty excited: Slippery Beast is excerpted in the august--and extremely literary--LitHub: lithub.com/slippery-slimy…

Hey, thanks Michael Pollan--for the Slippery Beast endorsement! YOu are one of MY favorite science writers! x.com/michaelpollan

Just in time for pub day, thanks Boston Globe! bostonglobe.com/2024/08/05/lif…. . .ellenshell.com

How great is this??

Hey, Thanks Eel historian....looking forward to hearing your thoughts! ellenshell.com

I think most authors can relate to this--my essay on getting slammed years ago by a NYTimes book critic in Writers' Digest: writersdigest.com/getting-publis…

Thanks to the fantastic Avory Sivertson for the great conversation about Slippery Beast on Radio Boston: wbur.org/radioboston/20…. .

Jellied eel pie shop sightings in London this summer...and like all matters Slippery Beast, it's an acquired taste. #slipperybeast ellen&shelby.com

Thanks, Science Goddess

Why we writer's lie--my essay in Sunday's Boston Globe bostonglobe.com/2024/08/21/art…

Have have someone in your life who's hard to get gifts for? Well...maybe you should be like Queen Ælgyfu, & make a bold choice: eels! In 1020, the queen gave the monks of Bury St. Edmunds her eel-rent from Lakenheath, worth 4,000 eels per year. Just to let them know she cared.

Thrilled that NYTimes Science Writing superstars Carl Zimmer and Robin Marantz Henig are joining me at this Brooklyn Book Fest bookends event--do stop by if you can--we'll be talking eels, story telling and a whole lot more: powerhousearena.com/events/book-la…

Eels were so prevalent in the medieval Fens that some villages paid rent to multiple landlords. The village of Welles is a good example. In the 13th C., the villagers paid: 60,000 eels --> Ramsey abbot 4,000 --> Peterborough abbot 300 --> Romsey abbess 250 --> Chatteris abbot

Eels have fascinated humans for thousands of years, even captivating big thinkers like Aristotle and Freud. Ellen Ruppel Shell joins us to talk about the natural history of eels and the crime ring that has sprung up from illegally trafficking them. sciencefriday.com/segments/slipp…

American Unagi is featured in Slippery Beast--along with its intrepid and tireless founder, Sara Rademaker! The finest American eel available in the US today!

Thanks, Publishers Weekly for this wonderfully generous review of Slippery Beast! "Shell balances her meticulous reporting with a sly appreciation for the absurdity of her subject and a novelist’s gift for characterization. Fans of Susan Orlean will love this."

Tell, Eel historian!

Thanks, Wall Street Journal, for this RAVE review of Slippery Beast (mind the paywall): wsj.com/arts-culture/b… #eels #slipperybeast #truecrime #elvers