Ellen Wittlinger

Ellen Wittlinger
Born (1948-10-21)21 October 1948
Belleville, Illinois, U.S.A
Occupation Novelist, young adult fiction writer
Genre Young Adult
Notable works Hard Love, ZigZag, others
Website
www.ellenwittlinger.com

Ellen Wittlinger (born in Belleville, Illinois on October 21, 1948) 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

See also

References

  1. "Ellen Wittlinger". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. "Ellen Wittlinger:biography". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  3. "Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books". www.ala.org. American Library Association. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. "The Long Night of Leo and Bree". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 January 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. "Zigzag". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. "Heart On My Sleeve". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  7. "Blind Faith". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  8. "Parrotfish". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  9. "Love & Lies". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  10. "This Means War!". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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