Ellen Notbohm

Ellen Notbohm is a Gold Medal and Grand Prize-winning author for both fiction and nonfiction, in addition to garnering a broad array of awards for writing across several genres. Her books have won a Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand Prize, Gold and Silver IPPYs, two Western Writers of America Spur Awards and The Sarton Women’s Book Award, as well as First Place in the Goethe Awards for Historical Fiction, First Runner-up for the Eric Hoffer Award for Historical Fiction and shortlisted twice for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. Her books have been finalists for three ForeWord Indies awards, the High Plains Books Awards, the Nancy Pearl Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal, The Eric Hoffer Da Vinci Eye Award (twice), the American Book Fest Best Book Awards, the Chatelaine Award for Romantic Fiction, the National Indie Excellence Awards, and the Next Generation Indies Books Awards, semi-finalist for the Somerset Award for Literary Fiction, and Powell’s City of Books Staff Pick.

Ellen’s website, ellennotbohm.com, see visitors from more than 160 countries every month. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages.

"Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew," demystifying autism for millions around the globe with accessible language, compassion and humor, has been one of the autism community's most beloved books for more than fifteen years and is now in its third edition, published worldwide in more than twenty-five languages.

“The River by Starlight,” a historical novel based on true events, has been recognized with numerous awards for historical, regional, and literary fiction, and cover art. Its focus on maternal mental health and gender bias in the early 20th century explores a history rarely addressed in fiction.

Ellen is also a popular editor and writing coach.