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Friday, April 10, 2009

Raw Sugar! And Other Things to Know About Featured Author Ellen Hopkins

We're loving our time with Ellen Hopkins, and here are some little-known facts about our featured author:

Favorite drink while you write: Coffee, with nonfat half and half and raw sugar.

Favorite bookstore: Sundance Bookstore, Reno

Pets: Yukon and Arson (German shepherds); Toby (cat)

Writer buddies: Susan, Suzy, Susie, Jim (they can’t ALL be Susans!)

Cure for writer's block: Exercise. The brain kicks in when the body works.

Author idol: Stephen King

Other YA Novels: Crank, Burned, Glass, Identical

Other Interviews: Powells, Publishers Weekly, The Paper Movie Project, Mrs. Magoo Reads

Find out more about Ellen in the current issue of readergirlz!


9 comments:

Diana Dang said...

Exercise is one of the best ways to get rid of a writer's block! Especially when you have music on and the images form in your head!

Lorie Ann Grover said...

I heart Ellen!

Marie said...

... yay for raw sugar!

Shelly B said...

Wow; interesting! I enjoy Stephen King.

Melissa Walker said...

I love the pack of writing Susans + Jim!

Justina Chen said...

Ditto, Melissa. I love all the Susans in her life. An Abundance of Susans.

Reyna Meinhardt said...

That was a fun little interview :) I like reading about author answers to random questions!

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