Gracies girl by ellen wittlinger biography
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Ellen Wittlinger
American author (–)
Ellen Wittlinger (October 21, – November 17, ) was an American author of young adults novels, including the Michael L.
Printz Honor book Hard Love.
Early life and education
Ellen Wittlinger was born in Belleville, Illinois on October 21, , to Karl and Doris Wittlinger. As a teenager, she often worked in her parents' store.[1]
Wittlinger earned a Bachelor of Arts in art and sociology from Millikin University in , after which she moved to Ashland, Oregon.
Shortly after, she was accepted into the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, from which she earned a Master of Fine Arts in [1]
Career
Wittlinger began her writing career after receiving fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center.
She published her first book, a poetry collection, Breakers, in She continued writing poetry and expanded to playwriting.[1] Her one-act play One Civilized Person began as a character sketch at one of the