Bio.

Ellen Hopkins was born March 26, 1955, in Long Beach, CA. She was adopted by Albert, at age 72, and Valeria Wagner, at age 42. She only has one little brother, Albert Jr. They were adopted separately. She has when she was 45 she met her biological mother, Toni Chandler, who also is a writer and poet. She has 3 kids of her own, Jason, age 32, Cristal, age 30 and Kelly age 28. She is married to John Hopkins, who they adopted Orion, who is now 12 and doing great, he is the baby at the end of Crank. For fun she and her husband like to take hikes, bike rides, ski, fish, camp, garden and raise German Shepherds.