Ella Gyland grew up in Northern Denmark but moved to England after she graduated from the University of Copenhagen. She has worked in a variety of jobs, including the Danish civil service, before setting herself up as a freelance translator and linguist. Ella won the New Talent Award in 2011 from the Festival of Romance and a Commended from the Yeovil Literary Prize. Ella lives in London and also writes as Henriette Gyland.