![]() ![]() Will I ever write one in prose? No doubt! But, for the moment, writing novels in verse fulfills two needs: writing poetry and writing fiction. I also continued to freelance articles for newspapers and magazines.Īll that has changed, with the publication of my novel, CRANK, which has led to a valued career writing YA novels in verse, all of which explore the more difficult situations young adults often find themselves in. The rest are viewable on my personal website. ![]() When we moved down the mountain to the Reno area, I started writing nonfiction books, many of which you can see here. At that time, I went to work for a small alternative press, writing stories and eventually editing. After a divorce, I met my current husband and we moved to Tahoe to become ski bums and otherwise try to find our dreams. I studied journalism in college, but left school to marry, raise kids and start my own business-a video store, before the mega-chains were out there. After my adopted parents died, I did find my birth mother, who lives in Michigan with my half sister. In a Reno suburb, expectations take heavy tolls. 13, 2011 While not razor-edged like her previous work, Hopkins’ portrait of four 12th-graders who are expected to be perfect will nonetheless keep teens up all night reading. I grew up in Palm Springs CA, although we summered in Napa and Lake Tahoe, to avoid those 120 degree summers. PERFECT by Ellen Hopkins RELEASE DATE: Sept. ![]() I was adopted at birth and raised by a great, loving older couple. ![]()
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