Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted masculine first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became "Currer Bell", Anne became "Acton Bell", and Emily became "Ellis Bell". The book was printed by Aylott and Jones, from London. The first edition failed to attract interest, with
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic-book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including "Transmetropolitan" (1997–2002), "Global Frequency" (2002–2004), "Red" (2003–2004)—adapted into the feature films "Red" (2010) and "Red 2" (2013)—"Trees" (2014–present), and "Injection" (2015–present). Ellis is the author of the novels "Crooked Little Vein" (2007) and "Gun Machine" (2013), and the novella "Normal" (2016). A prolific comic-book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including "Astonishing X-Men", "Thunderbolts", "Moon Knight", and the "Extremis" story arc of "Iron Man", which was the basis for