Attention aspiring writers and journalists. How often do you get a chance to sit down with a professional?

Eleanor Mallet is our very own astute observer of life in the Heights. She meets some of the most interesting people in Cleveland Heights, and writes about them each month in the Heights Observer, the monthly newspaper published by FutureHeights. 

The high bidder on this item wins a coffee date with Ellie Mallet, at a time and place to be mutualy determined.

Find out how she developed her column, "A Heights Observer," for the newspaper, how she chooses her subjects, or anything else you'd like to ask her. 

Mallet has been a newspaper journalist for over 20 years. Before coming to Cleveland, she served as a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. As a columnist for the Plain Dealer, she received The Ohio Excellence in Journalism Award in 1997. 

Mallet is the author of two books: The Notion of Family, a collection of the personal columns published in the Plain Dealer and Tevye’s Grandchildren: Rediscovering a Jewish Identity. 

An opportunity like this doesn't come around often, so bid high on this one!