Reissues by Lizzie Skurnick Books include "And This is Laura" and "To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie," with "Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood," likely to come out in 2016. Her dog, Barkley, doesnt seem to be the best of subjects, and neither does her goldfish, but then Jenny thinks she has taken a picture of a neighbor trying to kill her husbands dog. "I said to her, 'Then why don't you?'" her husband recalled.Įllen Conford's first book, the picture story "Impossible, Possum," came out in 1971, and she published regularly over the next 30 years. Terrific prizes will be given to the best photographs with the best titles, so Jenny goes off on a whirlwind picture-taking spree. She was frustrated by the scarcity of good stories for her son and wondered aloud if she couldn't write one herself." Her books have won the Best Book of the Year Citation, Best Book of the International Interest Citation, Best Book of the Year for Children, Parents' Choice Award, and more. Among her writings are the Annabel the Actress and Jenny Archer series. Among her writings are the Annabel the Actress and Jenny Archer series. Ellen Conford was an author for children and young adults. Readers have been sending me pictures of all the old books they've held onto since they were teenagers."Ī native of New York City who edited her high school's humor magazine and attended Hofstra University (Hofstra College at the time), Conford had been writing poems and short stories when a trip to the library inspired her to try a different kind of book. Ellen Conford (Ma March 20, 2015) was an author for children and young adults. "Whether she was writing about a girl fleeing foster homes in the 1950s ('To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie') or the consummate novel of summer camp ('Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood'), her books are plotted so well, and her writing is so smart and fabulous.
"Ellen is one of the authors that created the kind of John Green YA as we know it today - the kind of witty works that also take their readers seriously," said Lizzie Skurnick, who has been reissuing Conford's work through her eponymous imprint.
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