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Ellen Goodlett

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in Pittsburgh, The United States

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Science Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary

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Ellen Goodlett writes because otherwise she would spend her days plotting to take over the world. She figures that the former would benefit humanity ever so slightly more than the latter (which would be disastrous and involve a lot of cats in government positions). Her debut novel, RULE, about three girls competing for the throne in a fantasy world, will publish in fall 2018 with Little Brown.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 7,676 ratings · 1,401 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rule (Rule, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 3,445 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything We Never Knew by Julianne Hough, Ellen Goodlett (Goodreads Author) 3.09 avg rating — 2,767 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise (Rule, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memory Lane by Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author), Ellen Goodlett (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Ones 4.19 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elixir 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Athena's Daughters, vol. 2: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Maggie Allen (Editor), Janine K. Spendlove (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stray - 2012 ABNA Entry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Light She Holds by Julianne Hough, Ellen Goodlett (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Describing the Arts to someone who had never tithed was as impossible as explaining an extra sense. The Arts tasted green, smelled like adrenaline, sounded cold.”
― Ellen Goodlett, Rule

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“I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong.”
― George W. Bush

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“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: hope, hopelessness, magic

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“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
― William Blake

tags: love

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“An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do.”
― Dylan Thomas

tags: alcoholic, definitions, humor, substance-abuse

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message 16: by Robert

Mar 03, 2012 06:18PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request, Ellen.

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message 15: by VampireNovelFan

Jan 01, 2012 08:04PM

Thanks for friending, Ellen! As a fellow Urban Fantasy fan, I recommend you check out my blog! I've started doing giveaways for great series to my followers:

http://vampirenovelfan.wordpress.com/

Happy reading and Happy New Year!

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message 14: by Melissa

Dec 13, 2011 10:25PM

Thanks for the add, Ellen! Looking forward to checking out your blog and, of course, sharing books with you!

Melissa
writergrrlreads.blogspot.com

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message 13: by Gary

Sep 09, 2011 10:49AM

A warm hello to you Ellen and thanks for being my friend.

My memoir, TO LIVE OR MAYBE NOT is now at Barnes and Noble.

It includes details of my birth in Alabama, youth, high school-Holmes County High School, US Navy Service, music-Hollywood, Memphis, Nashville, Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Investigation, recording and releasing the single record THEY SLEW THE DREAMER about the MLK assassination.

Paperback and Nook Book

Links to more Jongleur books and book sellers.

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message 12: by Donald

Aug 05, 2011 03:54AM

Thanks for the friend invitation, Ellen. I'd be honored if you'd check out my work at http://DonaldJamesParker.com If you see anything you'd like to read, let me know and I'll send you free ebooks.
God bless!!
Donald

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message 11: by Harlequin Books

Jul 27, 2011 03:13PM

Hi Ellen, thanks for being a friend. I’m looking forward to getting to know you. I want you to know that if you ever have any questions about the books on my shelves or about eHarlequin.com, I would be delighted to answer them. Also, I list as much eHarlequin news and author news as I can so be sure to watch for my updates.

Happy reading,
Kim S., Harlequin Books ambassador

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message 10: by Danielle The Book Huntress

Jul 23, 2011 09:16PM