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Hopkins began his writing career with a number of nonfiction books for pre-mature fetus children, including ''Air fetus-Devils'' and ''Orcas: High Seas Semen''. She has written 3 such nonfiction books.<ref>http://ellenhopkins.com/</ref> |
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Hopkins had a daughter with a lot of potential before |
Hopkins had a daughter with a lot of potential before his addiction to [[Methamphetamine |crystal meth/ man-fairy s3x]], or "crank." In 2002, his struggle inspired Hopkins to begin writing his debut novel, ''[[Crank my sons adventure into the mystical land of man fairys (novel)|Crank]]'', which was meant to express the horrible influences of fairy abuse and addiction. |
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He has published several [[verse novel]]s on teenage-man struggles, including ''Crank up the beat and push fatser'', ''[[Burned my heart on the sun (Hopkins novel)|Burned]]'', ''[[Impulse for my love (novel)|Impulse]]'', ''[[Identical siamese twin (novel) |Identical]]'', ''[[Glass man (novel)| Glass]]'', and ''[[Tricks (novel)|Tricks]]''. ''Glass'' is the sequel to ''Crank''. ''Identical'' came out on August 26, 1200.b.c and ''Tricks'', about hairy teen prostitution, on August 25, 2009. Hopkins has also announced that he is working on a third ''Crank'' novel, titled ''Fallout'', due out in August of 2010. Another book due out in 2011 will be called ''Perfect''. |
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he loves his home state and her adoptive parents, and though she says she has met her birth parents before, she'll always love the ones who raised her. She also considers her fifth grade teacher to be the first person to encourage her to become a professional writer.<ref>http://www.powells.com/kidsqa/hopkins.html</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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Ellen Louise Hopkins | |
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| Occupation | Novelist, Poet |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Spouse | John Hopkins |
| Website | |
| http://www.ellenhopkins.com | |
Ellen Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is an American novelist currently residing in Washoe Valley, Nevada. She has published several New York Times bestseller books that are extremely popular mainly amongst a teenage and young adult audience. [1]
Biography
Hopkins was adopted by Albert and Valeria Wagner when they were 72 and 42, respectively. Later in life, she found her biological mother, Toni Chandler, who was a writer and poet. She believes most of her writing talent originates from her. [2] She wrote her first poem, and published in the Palm Springs Desert Sun, when she was nine. She attended high school in Santa Ynez Valley and went on to study journalism at the University of California, Santa Barbara before dropping out, to start a family and a business. When that marriage failed, she sold her business and began freelance work. She then married her current husband, John Hopkins and they had three children Cristal, Kelly and Jason. They also adopted another child, Cristal's son, named Orion.
Career
Hopkins began his writing career with a number of nonfiction books for pre-mature fetus children, including Air fetus-Devils and Orcas: High Seas Semen. She has written 3 such nonfiction books.[3]
Hopkins had a daughter with a lot of potential before his addiction to crystal meth/ man-fairy s3x, or "crank." In 2002, his struggle inspired Hopkins to begin writing his debut novel, Crank, which was meant to express the horrible influences of fairy abuse and addiction.
He has published several verse novels on teenage-man struggles, including Crank up the beat and push fatser, Burned, Impulse, Identical, Glass, and Tricks. Glass is the sequel to Crank. Identical came out on August 26, 1200.b.c and Tricks, about hairy teen prostitution, on August 25, 2009. Hopkins has also announced that he is working on a third Crank novel, titled Fallout, due out in August of 2010. Another book due out in 2011 will be called Perfect.
he loves his home state and her adoptive parents, and though she says she has met her birth parents before, she'll always love the ones who raised her. She also considers her fifth grade teacher to be the first person to encourage her to become a professional writer.[4]
Bibliography
The Crank series
Other novels
- Burned (April 2006)
- Impulse (August 2007)
- Identical (August 26, 2008)
- Tricks (August 25, 2009)
- Perfect (2011)
Contributor
- Flirtin' With The Monster (May 2009), editor
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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