Ellen Potter is an American author of both children's and adult's books (as Ellen Toby-Potter). She grew up in Upper West Side

Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...

, New York

New York

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 and studied creative writing at Binghamton University

Binghamton University

Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...

 and now lives in Candor

Candor (town), New York

Candor is a town in Tioga County, New York, USA. The population was 5,317 at the 2000 census.The Town of Candor has a village named Candor. The town is south of Ithaca, New York.- History :...

 in upstate New York

Upstate New York

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. She has been a contributor to Cimarron Review, Epoch, The Hudson Review, and Seventeen

Seventeen (magazine)

Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...

. Her novel Olivia Kidney was winner of the Child Magazine Best Book award and was a Best Book of the Year selection for 8-12 year-olds by Parenting

Parenting (magazine)

Launched in 1987 by Time Inc., Parenting is a magazine for families published in the United States. In February 2009, the magazine became two separate, age-targeted editions: Parenting Early Years, for moms of infants, toddlers and preschoolers; and Parenting School Years, for moms with kids in...

magazine.

For Children

All illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Philomel Books.

• Olivia Kidney,(2003) ISBN 0-399-23850-6
• Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy, (2005) ISBN 0-399-24162-0

renamed as Olivia Kidney Stops for No One

• Pish Posh (2006) ISBN 0-399-23995-2
• Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City (2007) ISBN 0-399-24701-7

External links

• Ellen Potter's official web site
• Review of The Average Human