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Ellen Wittlinger
Born(1940-10-21)21 October 1940
Belleville, Illinois, U.S.A
OccupationNovelist, young adult fiction writer
GenreYoung Adult
Notable worksHard Love, ZigZag, others
Website
http://www.ellenwittlinger.com/

Ellen Wittlinger (born in Belleville, Illinois on October 21, 1940) is an author for young adults, including Gracie's Girl and the Printz Honor book Hard Love.[1]

Biography

Ellen Wittlinger went to college at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and lives in western Massachusetts.[2] She published a book of poetry, Breakers, in 1979. Wittlinger had two fellowship years in Provincetown at the Fine Arts Work Center and worked for a local newspaper, The Provincetown Advocate. One of Wittlinger's plays won the author's prize at the annual Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters competition. Her first novel for young adults, Lombardo's Law, was published in 1993.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Ellen Wittlinger". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 3 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Ellen Wittlinger:biography". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 3 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

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