Ellen Hopkins
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| Ellen Hopkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 26, 1955 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet |
| Genres | Young Adult |
| Spouse(s) | John Hopkins |
| Children | Jason, Cristal, Kelly, Orion |
Ellen Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is an American novelist currently residing in Carson City, Nevada.[1]
Hopkins was adopted to Albert and Valeria Wagner when they were 72 and 42, respectively. [2] She wrote her first poem, 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 in 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 remarried and has since had three children (Cristal, Kelly, and Jason), and adopted one (Orion).
Since becoming a novelist, she has published several books, including Crank, Burned, Impulse and (novel) Glass. Her book Identical will be coming out in August 2008. She is currently writing "Tricks".
She loves her home state and her adoptive parents, and though she says she has met her real 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. [3]
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