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Ellen Hopkins is an American freelance writer. She is mostly famous for her [[NarrativePoem verse novels, or narrative poetry]] in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of {{poetry}}. All of which are about everything [[CrapsackWorld crapsack in the teenage world]]. All of her books are serious {{Doorstopper}}s. Debuted with ''Crank,'' a novel based on her daughter's experience with [[DrugsAreBad crystal meth]].

!!She wrote
[[index]]
* ''Literature/{{Crank|Trilogy}}'' (2004)
* ''Literature/Burned2006''
* ''Glass'' (2007)
* ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' (2007)
* ''Literature/{{Identical}}'' (2008)
* ''Tricks'' (2009)
* ''Fallout'' (2010)
* ''Perfect'' (2011)
* ''Triangles'' (2011)
* ''Tilt'' (2012)
* ''Collateral'' (2012)
* ''Smoke'' (2013)
* ''Rumble'' (2014)
* ''Tangled'' (2015)
* ''Love Lies Beneath'' (2015)
* ''The You I've Never Known'' (2017)
* ''People Kill People'' (2018)
[[/index]]

!!Her work contains examples of

* AbusiveParents: In pretty much every book.
* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Summer of ''Fallout'' goes through several foster homes after her grandparents die and was sexually abused in one of them.
* DeusAngstMachina: ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', ''Glass'', and ''Tricks''.
* DownerEnding: ''Glass'', and partially true with ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''Tricks''.
* DrugsAreBad: Subverted in ''Crank'' and ''Glass'', but comes close to crossing the line a few times.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight with [[spoiler:Mikayla]] in ''Triangles''; averted with [[spoiler: Vanessa]] in ''Literature/{{Impulse}}''.
* FreudianExcuse: All protagonists in all of her stories have one. Always. However, subverted into just being depressing [[HowWeGotHere backstories]] in most cases.
* GayngstInducedSuicide: In ''Rumble'', the entire book revolves around the protagonist dealing with his brother's suicide. Luke was DrivenToSuicide by [[TeensAreMonsters classmates, most of his older brother]], is mentioned about twice without it relating to {{gayngst}}, and was basically TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings:
** Kristina eventually has five children, most of whom she is a MissingMom to.
** In ''Tricks'', Ginger is the oldest of six children.
* MissingMom: Kristina of ''Crank'' and ''Glass'' is this to the three narrators of ''Fallout''.
* OneWordTitle: As can be seen above, the majority of Hopkins' novels.
* PrisonRape: Is implied to have happened to [[spoiler: Tony]] from ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' on several occasions in juvie.
* RapeAndSwitch: Tony in ''Impulse'', Cara in ''Perfect'', possibly with Alex from ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt''.
* RapeAsBackstory: Ginger in ''Tricks'', in a particularly twisted way: [[spoiler: her mother sold her to several different men over the course of her childhood.]] Also Alex in ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt'': [[spoiler: He was raped by his step-father's brother and contracted HIV from him.]]
* RapeAsDrama: In ''Crank'', ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', ''Literature/{{Identical}}'', ''Tricks'', and ''Perfect''.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Well, they exist in ''Fallout''; they just don't do poor Summer any good at all.
* TeenPregnancy: Kristina in ''Crank'', [[spoiler: Alex]] in ''Tricks'', [[spoiler: Mikayla]] in ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt''. Implied with [[spoiler: Autumn]] in ''Fallout'' but never outright confirmed.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', as it takes place in a mental institution. Also averted with ''Literature/{{Identical}}''. Played straight for all the other books.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: at least one a book.
* WakingUpElsewhere: ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', ''Literature/{{Identical}}'', ''Literature/{{Tricks}}'', and ''Rumble''.