“LightThat's how I feel-like the winter-fringedbreeze might scoopme up into its wings,flyaway with me trappedin its feathered embrace.I am a snowflake.A wisp of eiderdown,liberatedfrom gravity. My bodyis light. Ephemeral.My head is light.I want to swaybeneaththe weight of air,dizzy with thought.Light filters throughmy closed eyelids.The sun,chasing shadows,tells me I'm notafloat in dreams.”

American novelist

Ellen Hopkins is an American novelist known for several New York Times bestselling books that have found a wide audience among teenagers and young adults. Her novels are especially associated with young adult fiction, and her work has reached readers drawn to stories written for that age group. She is best known for the success of those bestselling titles and for writing for a teenage and young adult readership.