Ellen Howard





Ellen Howard

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Children sometimes ask, "Do you write about your own life?" I have to answer that I do not. The reason is simple: My own life is boring. Yet I would not trade it for anyone else's.

I grew up in a large and loving family--parents, grandparents, and three children all under the same roof, a big white house in Portland, Oregon. At school, I was able, but not brilliant. I liked to draw. I liked to play pretend. I liked dolls, too, right through eighth grade, and only fear of what others would say made me give them up then.

Most of all, I loved to read! And I dreamed of a time when, a grown-up married lady with thirteen children, I would write books.

But childhood dreams have a way of getting lost. It was not until I was in my mid-thirties, after m...more


Average rating: 3.90 · 1,406 ratings · 136 reviews · 23 distinct works
The Crimson Cap
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009
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The Gate In The Wall
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings2 editions
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The Log Cabin Quilt
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Her Own Song
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings2 editions
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Gillyflower
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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The Log Cabin Church
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002
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Edith Herself
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions
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The Log Cabin Wedding
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006
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When Daylight Comes
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1985
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Murphy And Kate
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings2 editions
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