Author ellen hopkins5/27/2023 ![]() Why the shift to YA? And why this subject matter? A few years ago a kid with whom I have a very close relationship came out to me as transgender. When we met, you were writing zany middle grade. *Blushes* - although quirky fashion sense COULD mean anything. That would be you, in case you don't know. Some I've grown very close to, including this one stunning blond woman with a quirky fashion sense. I've made many friends at that conference. That was the annual SCBWI conference in Los Angeles, one of the best literary parties of every year. I do have a reputation for gathering in strays, including lost-looking writers at conferences. ![]() Or like the Mother Theresa of the great unwashed literati. Hopkins, bestselling author, you'd be Ellen F. I like to imagine that if you hadn't become Ellen F. You are so kind to new writers and so good at getting them to focus on craft. You were being mobbed by people and I thought you'd be hard to talk to but you weren't. I had just picked up Impulse and was really into it. EH: Do you remember our first meeting? KEC: I do indeed! It was at a conference. ![]() Kristin Elizabeth Clark recently sat down with her mentor, Ellen Hopkins, to talk about writing, her transition from middle grade to young adult lit, and just how her book Freakboy was born. ![]()
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