Ellen Stimson is an American author. In 2013 she wrote the work Mud Season, detailing her family's life in small town Vermont, after moving from the St. Louis area.[1] The stories that appear in her books are largely based around their holiday traditions and life running a small country store in Dorset, Vermont. Parts of her books have also appeared in Reader's Digest.[2] Her follow-up Good Grief! was published in 2014,[3] which was then followed by her book An Old Fashioned Christmas.[2]