Ellen Conford (March 20, 1942 – March 20, 2015) was an author for children and young adults. Among her writings are the ''Annabel the Actress'' and ''Jenny Archer'' series. Her books have won the Best Book of the Year Citation, Best Book of the International Interest Citation, Best Book of the Year for Children,

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, and more. Several of her stories have been adapted for television, sometimes by Conford herself. Her children's book ''And This is Laura'' and the story ''Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey'' became

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s, while her

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s '' Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate'' became an ABC Afterschool Special and ''The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations'' was a

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. Born in

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, Conford attended Hofstra College from 1959 to 1962. She died on March 20, 2015, her 73rd birthday.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Dreams of Victory'' (1973) *'' Felicia the Critic'' (1973) *'' Me and the Terrible Two'' (1974) *'' The Luck of Pokey Bloom'' (1975) *'' Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate'' (1975) *''The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations'' (1976) -

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'' (1979) *'' We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin'' (1979) *''Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey'' (1980) *'' Seven Days to a Brand New Me'' (1981) *''To All My Fans With Love from Sylvie'' (1982) *''Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck'' (1983) *''You Never Can Tell'' (1984) *''Why Me?'' (1985) *''Strictly for Laughs'' (1985) *''A Royal Pain'' (1986) *''The Things I Did For Love'' (1987) *''Genie With the Light Blue Hair'' (1989) *''Loving Someone Else'' (1991) *''Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here!'' (1992) *''My Sister the Witch'' (1995) *''Norman Newman and the Werewolf of Walnut Street'' (1995) *''The Frog Princess of Pelham'' (1997) *''Diary of a Monster's Son'' (1999) *''Loathe at first sight'' (2000) *''Annabel the actress ''(2000) *''loathe of first sight''

Picture books

*''Impossible, Possum'' (1971) *''Why Can't I Be William?'' (1972) *''Just the Thing for Geraldine'' (1974) *''Eugene the Brave'' (1978)

Series

Annabel the Actress

*''Annabel the Actress: Starring in Gorilla My Dreams'' (1999) *''Annabel the Actress: Starring in Just a Little Extra'' (2000) *''Annabel the Actress: Starring In Hound of the Barkervilles'' (2002) *''Annabel the Actress: Starring in Camping It Up'' (2004)

Jenny Archer

*''A Job for Jenny Archer'' (1988) *''A Case for Jenny Archer'' (1988) *''Jenny Archer, Author'' (1989) *''What's Cooking, Jenny Archer?'' (1989) *''Jenny Archer to the Rescue'' (1990) *''Can Do, Jenny Archer'' (1992) *''Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer'' (1993) *''Get the Picture Jenny Archer?'' (1993)

Anthologies

*''Shelf Life: Stories by the Book'' (2003)

Collections

*''If This is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti'' (1990) *I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost'' (1994) *''Crush'' (1998)

References

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