Ellen Hagan

Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. Her books include: Watch Us Rise (YA collaboration with Renée Watson), Reckless, Glorious, Girl, Don't Call Me a Hurricane and All That Shines. Ellen is Head of the Poetry&Theatre Departments at the DreamYard Project and directs their International Poetry Exchange Program with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines. She co-leads the Alice Hoffman Young Writer's Retreat at Adelphi University and is on faculty in the low residency MFA program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. She lives with her partner and children in New York City.