Ellen Wittlinger is the critically acclaimed author of the teen novels LOVE & LIES: Marisol's Story, PARROTFISH, BLIND FAITH, SANDPIPER, HEART ON MY SLEEVE, ZIGZAG, and HARD LOVE (an American Library Association Michael L. Printz Honor Book and a Lambda Literary Award winner), and the middle-grade novel GRACIE'S GIRL. She has a bachelor's degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. A former children's librarian, she lives with her husband in Haydenville, Massachusetts.
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