El León Literary Arts: Dune Child, Ella Thorp Ellis

Praise for Previous Books by Ella Thorp Ellis

Faces the great experiences of life head on, realistically…a difficult subject, handled with insight and skill…

—Commonweal

This book stimulates quiet, sober reflection. A reader will not easily forget the mother-daughter relationship…

—English Journal

…a thoroughly satisfying novel…”

—San Francisco Examiner

Vivid National Geographic-like descriptions of South American wildlife add an extra dimension to this novel about a boy facing tough decisions…Relating Paolo’s reverence for the natural world around him, Ellis deftly parallels animal instincts with human behavior…tensions between all characters are convincingly conveyed in this intimate eloquent novel.

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Biography

Born in the Great Depression, author Ella Thorp Ellis grew up in a collective bohemian community on the California coast. Resident artists and writers, including her father and mother, were frequently visited by well-known figures including Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Edward Weston, and Meher Baba. Former lecturer at San Francisco State University, Ella Thorp Ellis has been celebrated for her young adult novels, six of which were American Library Honor Books of the Year. Married, with three sons and nine grandchildren, she divides her time between Berkeley and Santa Cruz, California.