Ellie Rose Mattoon is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University, where she studied creative writing and biology as an undergraduate. She was a Meg Walsh Fellow in Austria and conducted historical research the women of Vienna's famous maternity ward. The Maverick's Midwife is her debut novel.

When not with her patients or her books, she enjoys wandering art museums, baking for her loved ones, and hiking.​​ Her favorite place to live is out of a suitcase, but Austin will always be her hometown.