Ellen Hopkins
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Ellen Louise Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.
Personal life
Hopkins was adopted by Albert and Valeria Wagner when they were 72 and 42 respectively. Her first poem was published in the Palm Springs Desert Sun when she was nine. Hopkins graduated from a high school in the Santa Ynez Valley, then studied journalism at Crafton Hills College and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Hopkins dropped out of university before graduation to start a family and business. She had two children: Jason and Cristal. When her marriage failed, she sold her business and began freelance work. Following her divorce, she had a daughter, Kelly, with a man she considered to be a 'rebound'. He was abusive and kidnapped Kelly, keeping her in secrecy for three years. She was found later by his grandmother. Around 1991, she married John Hopkins, her current husband. They also adopted their daughter Cristal's son, Orion. In 1990, Ellen Hopkins and her family moved to northern Nevada.
While in Nevada, she decided to write for a living. She started out freelancing newspaper and magazine articles, then moved from there into children’s nonfiction. Hopkins believes most of her writing talent originates from her own talent and also from her adoptive mother. She also considers her fifth grade teacher the first person to encourage her to become a professional writer.
Later in life, Hopkins found biological mother, Toni Chandler, who was also a writer and poet.
Career
Hopkins began writing in 1990. Air Devils and Orcas: High Seas Supermen was one of her nonfiction books for children.
Hopkins has since published several verse books exposing teenage issues, such as heroin use, mental health, and prostitution, including Crank, Burned, Impulse, Identical, Glass, Tricks, and Fallout. Glass is the sequel to Crank, and the third and final book in the series, which was published on September 14, 2010. On September 13, 2011, Perfect was published, and it is a companion book to Impulse. Tilt was released in September 11, 2012, and is a companion to the teens depicted in Triangles. Following the unveiling of Triangles, Hopkins felt they needed their own story.
Collateral, her second adult novel, came out in the fall of 2012. In 2013, she published Smoke, the companion to her best-selling book Burned. Rumble was launched in August 2014 and it concerns a boy who is questioning his faith after his brother dies suicide. Love Lies Beneath, about a woman who falls in love with a sociopathic, and Traffick, a sequel to her bestseller Tricks, was released in 2015. People Kill People was first published in September 2018.
Hopkins was honoured with a Silver Pen Award (for emerging writers) from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2015, she was admitted as a complete member of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
Hopkins' main inspiration for her first books (i.e., the Crank series) came from her eldest daughter, who "was addicted to crystal methamphetamine and served two years in jail." In 2007, her daughter had been sober for five years. Hopkins said in an interview with Glass and Crank, "I really want both books to be an honest reflection on the severity and characteristics of this addiction." It's not that simple to kick, and I really wanted it to be made very explicit." Hopkins wrote in her online journal on December 31, 2014, "My daughter's long-distance friendship disintegrated completely."
Identical's theme includes people who have suffered with sexual assault.
Hopkins' books have regularly been included in the American Library Association's lists of the most frequently banned and challenged books in the United States. Four of her books were included in the top 100 banned and challenged books list between 2010 and 2019: Crank (38th), Burned (83rd), Glass (86th), and Tricks (98th). Crankrank ranked No. 1 on the top ten lists in 2010.
Five of Hopkins' novels (Crank, Fallout, Impulse, People Kill People, and Tilt) were among 52 books banned by the Alpine School District after the introduction of Utah law H.B. "Sensitive Materials In Schools, 374," the author writes. According to the new legislation, forty-two percent of banned books "feature LBGTQ+ characters and/or themes." Many of the books were banned because they contained pornographic information.