I write about family, women and wellness.
Family journalist, wellness writer and women’s interest pieces
When I was 38, single and desperate for a child, I asked my gay best friend to be my sperm donor. He said yes – and so did his partner. Sid was born in 2023, and I’ve been writing about our family ever since: for The Times, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail, plus women’s health pieces for Daye on everything from adenomyosis to why painful periods aren’t normal.
I write about women’s health too – adenomyosis, fertility, the anti-pregnancy pandemic – and interview women doing extraordinary things at every age. The thread through all of it: honest first-person reporting on the things women actually talk to each other about.
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IN BRIEF
Ellie Fazan is a London-based journalist who writes about solo motherhood, co-parenting, family life and women's health. She is a single mother by choice: she co-parents her son with her gay best friend and his partner, and is a solo mum for most of the day-to-day. She has written about donor conception and co-parenting for The Times, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail, and her essay on her route to motherhood won AITO Travel Writer of the Year (Gold) in 2024. She also writes about women's health, including adenomyosis, for the women's health brand Daye.
“Ellie always writes in colour. I love her ability to bring copy to life.”
— JAE HOPKINS, MARKETING DIRECTOR EXODUS
If you’re commissioning on solo motherhood, co-parenting, fertility, women’s health or family life – or you want the story from someone actually living it – get in touch.