Ella Frances Sanders

Ella Frances Sanders is a writer and illustrator. During an internship in North Africa for the storytelling platform Maptia she wrote and illustrated a blog post that went viral, setting into motion a series of unforeseeable and wondrous events. The most notable of these was the publication of her first book entitled Lost in Translation — A Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World, which was on the New York Times travel bestseller list for several months. 

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Session: IF Early Start: Lost In Translation
Thursday, October 1
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Bomhard Theater, Kentucky Center

Each year IdeaFestival asks our presenters to submit a list of books that they are currently reading or any book(s) they have read in the past or at any stage of their lives that have had a major influence on their thinking. 

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