About Ellen Hopkins
-Born March 26, 1955 and adopted at birth
-Learned to value language and reading from mother and father -Found her birth mother in 2000 who had written poetry all her life -Studied Journalism at Crafton Hills College and UCSB -Dropped out of college to get married and start a family -Became an instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature According to Hopkins, her "books are not about the things that happen... to characters, but rather about how those characters react to those things." This is a perfect description of how her book, Impulse, works because of how the three protagonists work together to bond and overcome their obstacles. |
Some Books by Ellen Hopkins |