Background

Conford, Ellen was born on March 20, 1942 in New York City. Daughter of Hyman and Lillian (Pfeffer) Schaffer.

Education

Born in New York City, New York, Conford attended Hofstra College from 1959 to 1962.

Career

Among her writings are the Annabel the Actress and Jenny Archer series. Several of her stories have been adapted for television, sometimes by Conford herself. Her children's book And This is Laura and the story Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey became ABC Weekend Specials, while her young adult novels Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate became an ABC Afterschool Special and Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations was a CBS Schoolbreak Special.

She died on March 20, 2015, her 73rd birthday.

Achievements

• 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.

Works

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  • A Royal Pain

    (A sixteen-year-old in Kansas, who discovers she is really...)

  • A Royal Pain (Point)

    (A sixteen-year-old in Kansas, who discovers she is really...)

  • LOVING SOMEONE ELSE (A Bantam Starfire Book)

    (As the well-paid companion, house cleaner, and chauffeur ...)

  • The Frog Princess of Pelham

    (Rich but insecure suburban princess Chandler kisses a you...)

  • A Job for Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book (Paperback))

    (Convinced that her family is poor because her parents ref...)

  • Job for Jenny Archer (Spanish Edition)

    (Convinced that her family is poor because her parents ref...)

  • You Never Can Tell

    (Kate is disappointed when the handsome soap opera star no...)

  • Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book)

    (Jenny Archer is excited about making a television commerc...)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams

    (Meet Annabel: Actress Extraordinaire! Nobody can steal ...)

  • Gorilla My Dreams (Annabel the Actress)

    (Meet Annabel: Actress Extraordinaire! Nobody can steal t...)

  • (Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams) By (author) Ellen Conford published on (September, 2000)

    (Meet Annabel: Actress Extraordinaire! Nobody can steal th...)

  • Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Springboard Books)

    (When she appears in a television commercial, Jenny Archer...)

  • Genie with the Light Blue Hair

    (When Jean finds a wish-granting genie in the lamp she rec...)

  • Things I Did for Love

    (Self-conscious about her height and despairing of ever fi...)

  • Anything for a Friend

    (Used to being the new girl in school, Wallis Greene decid...)

  • Norman Newman and the Werewolf of Walnut Street

    (Norman is temporarily distracted from his suspicions abou...)

  • Loving Someone Else

    (To earn money for her college tuition, Holly, a formerly ...)

  • The Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey

    (Short, skinny Jeffrey, who is always being picked on by t...)

  • Strictly for Laughs

    (An aspiring disc jockey and an aspiring comedian find the...)

  • Me and the Terrible Two

    (No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best frien...)

  • Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Me and the terrible two

    (No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best frien...)

  • Lenny Kandell: Smart Aleck

    (Eleven-year-old Lenny wants to become the world's greates...)

  • A Case for Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book (Paperback))

    (After reading three mysteries in a row, Jenny becomes con...)

  • Anything for a Friend

    (Having moved frequently in her young life, Wallis is once...)

  • Just the Thing for Geraldine

    (After making her try ballet, weaving, and sculpture lesso...)

  • My Sister the Witch (Norman Newman)

    (Norman is sure that his sister Elaine, an aspiring actres...)

  • My Sister the Witch: My Sister the Witch (Norman Newman)

    (Norman is sure that his sister Elaine, an aspiring actres...)

  • We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin

    (Hoping to impress Chip, editor of the high school paper, ...)

  • We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin

    (Hoping to impress Chip, editor of the high school paper, ...)

  • Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood

    (Relates the experiences of 13-year-old Melanie as she tri...)

  • Seven Days to a Brand-New Me

    (A shy girl follows the suggestions in a self-help book to...)

  • Hound of the Barkervilles (Annabel the Actress)

    (MYSTERY! SUSPENSE! AND A SLOBBERING DOG NAMED BINKY?! Fi...)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring In: Hound of the Barkervilles

    (MYSTERY! SUSPENSE! AND A SLOBBERING DOG NAMED BINKY?! ...)

  • Can do, Jenny Archer

    (Attempting to win a can-collecting contest, the winner of...)

  • Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate

    (When she takes on the advice column for her school newspa...)

  • Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate (Point)

    (When she takes on the advice column for her school newspa...)

  • Dreams of Victory

    (When her day dreams continually conflict with reality, Vi...)

  • And This Is Laura

    (The twelve-year-old member of a family of overachievers w...)

  • Felicia the Critic.

    (Felicia's constant criticizing gets her into trouble even...)

  • I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost

    (A collection of seven humorous stories reflecting the ups...)

  • Impossible, possum

    (Impossible, Possum by Ellen Conford illustrated by Rosema...)

  • Eugene the Brave

    (Eugene, a possum, hopes to escape his fear of the dark by...)

  • Jenny Archer to the Rescue (Jenny Archer Chapter Book)

    (The irrepressible Jenny Archer is back with a hip new ser...)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring in: Just a Little Extra

    ( Annabel the Actress gets discovered! Ok, so it's no...)

  • Jenny Archer, Author (Jenny Archer Chapter Book (Paperback))

    (This book is about Jenny Archer and her struggle to write...)

  • What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? Conford, Ellen ( Author ) { Paperback } 2006

    (What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? Conford, Ellen ( Author ) {...)

  • And This Is Laura

    ( Twelve-year old Laura is an ordinary person in a family...)

  • The Luck of Pokey Bloom

    (TOP TRUSTED CHARITY SELLER! Satisfaction GUARANTEED. A tr...)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Camping It Up

    (Annabel is dead set on becoming a famous actress. When th...)

  • Jenny Archer to the Rescue (Springboard books)

    (Jenny Archer wants to be a young American Hero. With a br...)

  • Annabel the Actress: Starring in Gorilla My Dreams

    (FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Though a little di...)

  • Job for Jenny Archer

    (FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Convinced that her...)

  • Dear Lovely Hart, I am Desperate

    (Nice YA book from back in the day.)

  • To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie

    ( Sylvie isn't your average girl. When she dresses up she...)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Just A Little Extra

    (Maggie's mouth dropped open. "I don't believe it. You got...)

  • Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck
  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams by Ellen Conford (2000-09-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Genie with the Light Blue Hair by Conford, Ellen (1989) Hardcover

    (First Edition)

  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams by Conford, Ellen (2000) Paperback

    (Reprint)

  • The Frog Princess of Pelham by Conford, Ellen (1997) Paperback

    (1st)

  • Felicia The Critic
  • A Case for Jenny Archer A CASE FOR JENNY ARCHER By Conford, Ellen ( Author )Mar-01-2006 Paperback
  • And This Is Laura by Conford, Ellen (2014) Paperback
  • Jenny Archer to the Rescue (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) by Ellen Conford (1992-10-01)
  • Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Springboard Books) by Ellen Conford (1993-05-03)
  • Genie With the Light Blue Hair
  • The Frog Princess of Pelham Paperback - April, 1997
  • Me and the Terrible Two -- w/ Dust Jacket
  • Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood Hardcover October, 1978
  • You Never Can Tell by Ellen Conford (1984-05-03)
  • (To All My Fans, with Love, from Sylvie ) Author: Ellen Conford Oct-2013
  • A Job for Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) by Ellen Conford (2006-04-05)
  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Just A Little Extra by Conford, Ellen (2013) Paperback
  • Me and the Terrible Two by Conford, Ellen (1991) Paperback
  • A Job for Jenny Archer A JOB FOR JENNY ARCHER By Conford, Ellen ( Author )Mar-01-2006 Paperback
  • (A Case for Jenny Archer ) Author: Ellen Conford Apr-2006
  • Me and the Terrible Two by Ellen Conford (1991-09-03)
  • Just the Thing for Geraldine by Ellen Conford (1974-10-01)
  • We Interrupt This Semester To Bring You An Important Bulletin,
  • (What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? ) Author: Ellen Conford Apr-2006
  • Lenny Kandell: Smart Aleck by Ellen Conford (1983-05-03)
  • (A Job for Jenny Archer ) Author: Ellen Conford Apr-2006
  • To All My Fans, with Love, from Sylvie by Conford, Ellen ( Author ) Oct-2013 Paperback
  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Just A Little Extra by Ellen Conford (2013-06-24)
  • To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie by Ellen Conford (2013-10-15)
  • Eugene the Brave by Ellen Conford (1978-03-01)
  • Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Me and the terrible two by Ellen Conford (1974-01-01)
  • Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Eugene the brave
  • I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost by Ellen Conford (1995-12-01)
  • We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin by Ellen Conford (1990-07-03)
  • Genie with the Light Blue Hair by Ellen Conford (1989-02-01)
  • What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? By Conford, Ellen ( Author ) Paperback 2006
  • The Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey by Ellen Conford (1980-05-03)
  • A Case for Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) by Conford, Ellen (2006) Paperback
  • Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate by Ellen Conford (1975-10-03)
  • And This Is Laura by Conford, Ellen ( Author ) Aug-2014 Paperback
  • Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (1987-06-01)
  • Dear Lovely Hart, I Am Desperate
  • (Jenny Archer, Author ) Author: Ellen Conford Apr-2006
  • Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (1978-10-01)
  • The Things I Did for Love by Ellen Conford (1988-09-01)
  • A Job for Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) by Conford, Ellen (2006) Paperback
  • Annabel the Actress Starring in Camping It Up by Ellen Conford (2013-06-24)
  • To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie by Conford, Ellen (2013) Paperback

Interests

• Other Interests

  Scrabble, crosswords, needlecrafts.

Connections

Daughter of Hyman and Lillian (Pfeffer) Schaffer. M. David H. Conford, November 23, 1960. 1 child, Michael.

father:

Hyman Schaffer

mother:

Lillian (Pfeffer) Schaffer

spouse:

David H. Conford

child:

Michael Conford