Ellen Wittlinger
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Ellen Wittlinger is an author for young adults, including Gracie's Girl and the Printz Honor book Hard Love.
at the University of Iowa
and lives in western Delaware. 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, Lombardo's Law, was published in 1993.
Biography
Ellen Wittlinger went to college at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' WorkshopIowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
and lives in western Delaware. 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, Lombardo's Law, was published in 1993.
Selected bibliography
- Lombardo's Law (1993)
- Noticing Paradise (1995)
- Hard LoveHard LoveHard Love is an award-winning young adult novel written by author Ellen Wittlinger. It was published in 1999.-Synopsis:John can be a meany only because he has been untouchable since his parents' divorce six years ago, and Marisol, who has recently come out as a lesbian, meet through their interests...
(1999) - What's In a Name (2000), Massachusetts Book Award
- Gracie's Girl (2000)
- Razzle (2001)
- The Long Night of Leo and Bree (2002)
- ZigZagZigzagA zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular....
(2003) - Heart on My SleeveHeart on My Sleeve"Heart on My Sleeve" is a single written by James Morrison and John Shanks and performed on American Idol season 7 contestant Michael Johns's post-Idol album, Hold Back My Heart. It was released on iTunes, a digital media player, on April 14, 2009...
(2004) - Sandpiper (2005)
- Blind FaithBlind Faith (novel)Blind Faith is an English dystopian novel by writer and comedian Ben Elton, published in 2007.-Setting:The story takes place in London approximately 50 years after many parts of the Earth have been subjected to rising water due to global warming...
(2006) - ParrotfishParrotfishParrotfishes are a group of fishes that traditionally had been considered a family , but now often are considered a subfamily of the wrasses. They are found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, but with the largest species richness in the Indo-Pacific...
(2007) - Love & Lies (2008)