Instructor, Institute of Children’s literature; interim artistic director,
BAC Stage Kids, freelance writer; author; poet
Editor, Northern Nevada Family Magazine, freelancer, author, poet
Novelist, scriptwriter, freelance writer and poet
Reporter and editor for the Tahoe Truckee Reader
Freelance journalist, short story author and poet
Owner, Valley Video
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School (graduated 1973)
Crafton Hills College, UCSB
Institute of Children’s Literature
WNCC Lone Mountain Writers Group
Breakaway Writers Group
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI);
currently serves as the co-regional adviser for the Nevada chapter
Unnamed Writers; served on the board, 2005
Chairman of the board, New Writers of the Purple Sage
Ash Canyon Poets
SCBWI Charlotte’s Web Award for outstanding
contributions to children’s literature by a new author.
Sierra Arts Foundation professional artist award.
Sierra Arts Foundation professional artist award.
Quills Award nominee (Crank)
Book Sense Top 10 (Crank)
NYPL Recommended for Teens (Crank)
PSLA Top Ten for Teens (Crank)
Charlotte Award (Crank)
IRA Young Adult Choices Award (Crank)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Crank)
SSLI Honor Book Award (Crank)
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award
National Book Award nominee (Burned)
Gateway Readers Awards winner (Crank)
ALA Best Books for Young Adults nominee (Burned)
Tayshas Readers List (Burned)
ALA Best Books for Young Adults (Impulse)
ALA Top Ten for Young Adults (Glass)
Georgia Peach Award nominee (Impulse)
Kirkus Best Book for Teens (Identical)
ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (Identical)
2002-2003
2000-2002
1996-1998
1992-1996
1986-1992
1980-1985
Education:
Writers
Groups:
1995-97
1997-99
1998-present
1999-2005
2001-2002
2002-present
AWARDS
2001
2004
2005
2006
2006-07
2007
2007-08
2008
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Ellen Hopkins is a poet, freelance writer, and the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction
titles and five NY Times Bestselling novels-in-verse. She has published hundreds of articles
on subjects ranging from aviation to child abuse to winegrowing. Ellen mentors other writers
through her position as a regional adviser for the Nevada chapter of the Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She is a regular speaker at schools, book festivals and
writers conferences across the US, and now throughout the world.
titles and five NY Times Bestselling novels-in-verse. She has published hundreds of articles
on subjects ranging from aviation to child abuse to winegrowing. Ellen mentors other writers
through her position as a regional adviser for the Nevada chapter of the Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She is a regular speaker at schools, book festivals and
writers conferences across the US, and now throughout the world.