Where is Ellen Hopkins from?

Long Beach, CAEllen Hopkins / Place of birth

What are Ellen Hopkins books about?

Ellen Hopkins is a celebrated name among Young Adult novel writers. She has published several New York Times bestselling novels. Her key works include. These novels discuss delicate teenage issues such as, psychological problems, prostitution, drug addiction and other such issues that trouble young generation of today.

What genre is Ellen Hopkins?

Young adult/Adult

Ellen Hopkins
Occupation Novelist, poet
Genre Young adult/Adult
Years active 1990–present
Spouse John Hopkins

Where did Ellen Hopkins go to college?

University of California, Santa BarbaraEllen Hopkins / Education

Where does Ellen Hopkins live?

Carson City, Nevada
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative.

Are Ellen Hopkins books good?

Her books have reached the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list multiple times, and she’s showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Her award-winning novels are famous for their direct and hard-hitting approach. They deal with difficult and often controversial topics that affect teenagers today.

Is Glass by Ellen Hopkins based on a true story?

Kristina, from Crank, Glass, and the upcoming Shattered, is loosely based on Hopkins’ eldest daughter’s addiction to meth and her daily struggle to stay drug-free. Hopkins fictionalized the details because she wasn’t there to see everything that happened.

Is Ellen Hopkins religious?

YA author Ellen Hopkins first started conceptualizing her new book “Rumble” — for which we have the exclusive cover reveal — after a fan called her out on Facebook. “I’m a Lutheran with spiritual leanings, and there were some mosque burnings in the news,” she told MTV News.

What happened to Ellen Hopkins daughter?

A: Kristina is alive. Mostly stays clean, although she has relapsed. She struggles daily to make ends meet and care for the [youngest] two of her five children, who she had after she got out of prison. That is prison, after the jail time in Glass.

Do you have to read Ellen Hopkins books in order?

A: Glass is the sequel to Crank, so comes after. The others are totally different stories and can be read in any order. If it interests you, I wrote them in this order: Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks.

What kind of books does Ellen Hopkins write?

Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative.

What happens in Fallout by Ellen Hopkins?

Ellen Hopkins’s Fallout is the third book in the Crank series; it focuses on Kristina’s three children who are trying to deal with the aftermath of Kristina’s addiction to drugs. Hunter, a college student who has a girlfriend and a great job, struggles with drug abuse himself. He also cheats on his girlfriend.