Lindsay Ellis

Lindsay Ellis (born 24 November 1984 in Johnson City) is an American author, film critic, video essayist and former YouTuber. She studied at New York University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and made film criticism video essays for her YouTube channel, which had about 1.25 million subscribers in April 2025. She also made the miniseries It's Lit! for PBS. Her debut novel, Axiom's End, is an alternate-history first-contact story set in 2007, and she has been a Hugo finalist.