![]() ![]() While Hopkins started out as a nonfiction writer of high-interest books for juvenile readers, her fiction work is what drew the acclaim of critics and her readers. As a result, she receives hundreds of thousands of letters and emails from her readers, most of which she will answer, making an effort to impart whatever advice her readers are asking for. The honesty, while an affront to many people, is the core of her seven (soon to be nine) books that deal with teen prostitution, drugs, abuse, homosexuality, religious fundamentalism, suicide, cutting, and many other issues. This truth telling is what has endeared her to her readers. ![]() ![]() Hopkins tries hard to write the entire picture-no matter how ugly, deceiving, or raw it is-so her readers will know that she is being as honest as she can be.Įllen Hopkins once told me that she tries to always write the truth in her books because “my readers will call me on it if I don’t.” Because of this, she tries hard to write the entire picture-no matter how ugly, deceiving, or raw it is-so her readers will know that she is being as honest as she can be. ![]()
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