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Amelia Estelle Dellos is a born and raised lifelong Chicagoan and the daughter of first-generation Greek immigrants. Currently, she is an MFA candidate and an instructor at Columbia College Chicago. Her novel, Delilah Recovered, won the 2017 Watty on the international platform Wattpad and was published by Atmosphere Press.

Her work has been published in Big Shoulders Press, Grand Dame Literary Journal, Carmina Magazine, and Highly Sensitive Refuge. Her short story “Psychopomp” was published in Writing in Place: Stories from the Pandemic, which debuted on Amazon at #4 in Essays. As a screenwriter and director, Amelia’s films have appeared on PBS and Amazon Prime. Her films received the following accolades: Sundance International Writer’s Lab finalist, Chicago International Film Festival Pitch Winner, and the Women’s International Film Festival finalist.

She lives outside of Chicago with her husband, teenage daughter, and two feisty little dogs who video-bomb her Zoom meetings.

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