Get the Picture, Jenny Archer? by Ellen Conford

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, Parents' Choice Award, and more. Among her writings are the Annabel the Actress and Jenny Archer series. ‘So why don’t you do it?’ I did I sat down that afternoon and wrote Impossible, Possum.” After rejections from 12 publishers, the story was acquired by Little, Brown and published in 1971. Ellen Conford was an author for children and young adults. Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford A Case for Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford Get the Picture, Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford Jenny Archer, Author by Ellen. We have new and used copies available, in 5 editions - starting at 0.99. “When I got home I told my husband, ‘I’ll bet I can write a better book than any I saw in the library today.’ ‘I’ll bet you could,’ he said. Buy A Case for Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford online at Alibris. Ellen Conford is the well-loved author of more than thirty books, including several about the irrepressible Jenny Archer. “One day in the library I couldn’t find a good book for my son,” she said. : Get the Picture, Jenny Archer (9780316153935) by Conford, Ellen and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. : Get the Picture, Jenny Archer (9780606198387) by Conford, Ellen and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. But a trip to the local library in those early days of her career changed her direction.

Noted author Ellen Conford, largely known for her humorous and realistic YA fiction and middle grade novels, including the Jenny Archer series, died Friday, March 20, of a heart ailment – on her 73rd birthday – at her home in Great Neck, N.Y.Ĭonford was born in New York City and grew up “as a kid who loved to read, who turned into an adult who loves to read,” she once said, noting that she enjoyed writing books “meant purely to entertain, to amuse, to divert.” She attended Hofstra College (now University) from 1959 to 1962, and in 1960 she married David Conford, who survives her.Ĭonford’s first foray into writing was short stories for teen magazines, she told the online literary journal YARN (Young Adult Review Network) in a 2014 interview.

Get the Picture, Jenny Archer? by Ellen Conford