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'''Ellen Louise Hopkins''' (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several ''New York Times'' bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.<ref name="eh.com">http://www.ellenhopkins.com/</ref> |
'''Ellen Louise Hopkins''' (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several ''New York Times'' bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.<ref name="eh.com">http://www.ellenhopkins.com/</ref> |
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Hopkins began her writing career in 1990.<ref>http://ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/about/</ref> She started with nonfiction books for children, including ''Air Devils'' and ''Orcas: High Seas Supermen''. |
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Hopkins has since written several [[verse novel]]s exposing teenage struggles such as drug addiction, mental illness,and prostitution, including ''[[Burned (Hopkins novel)|Burned]]'', ''[[Impulse (novel)|Impulse]]'', ''[[Identical (novel)|Identical]]'', ''[[Glass (novel)|Glass]]'', ''[[Tricks (novel)|Tricks]]'', ''Tilt'', and ''Fallout''. ''Glass'' is the sequel to ''Crank'', and ''Fallout'', the third and final book in the series, was released on September 14, 2010. ''Perfect'' was released on September 13, 2011, and is a companion novel to ''Impulse''. Ellen Hopkins's next book, ''Tilt'', will be released September 11, 2012, which is a companion of the teens mentioned in ''Triangles''. Hopkins explained she feels they needed their own story after the release of ''Triangles''. Hopkins also plans on releasing a sequel to ''Burned'', ''Smoke'', in 2013. |
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Her second adult novel Collateral will come out in the fall of 2012. Collateral is about military deployment and how the families that are left behind are affected. Hopkins wants us to remember that as our men and women return from the Middle East, they come home profoundly changed. Coping with that transformation can be challenging for the soldiers and for their loved ones. This book may help readers open their minds and hearts to the new lifestyles they will be living.<ref>http://ellenhopkins.com/Adult/</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Born | March 26, 1955 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Spouse | Zombie John |
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| http://www.ellenhopkins.com | |
Ellen Louise Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.[1]
References
External links
- Official Website
- Ellen Hopkins' Facebook
- Ellen Hopkins: Ellen Hopkins' Livejournal
- Myspace Page
- Ellen Hopkins' Twitter Stream
- Publisher's Weekly interview
- Interview at Powells.com
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