About Ellen

Ellen Notbohm’s internationally renowned work has informed and delighted millions worldwide in more than twenty-five languages. In addition to her perennial bestseller Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, three other award-winning books on autism, and her acclaimed novel The River by Starlight, her short prose has appeared in major publications and captured audiences on every continent. Ellen’s books have won more than 40 awards, including the Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand Prize for Instruction and Insight, Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction, Western Writers of American Spur Award for Best First Novel, Independent Publishers of America Gold Medals for Nonfiction Series and for Regional Fiction, American Book Fest’s Legacy Fiction and Nonfiction Awards, Eric Hoffer Book Awards for Reference/Education and Legacy Nonfiction. Her work has been named three times to the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List, in addition to numerous finalist awards and bookstore staff picks in fiction and nonfiction.

Ellen’s short stories, creative nonfiction, and poetry appear in numerous literary journals and anthologies, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions.