So the other day I got a comment on my Ellen Hopkins interview, from kitty_love_26. She said...
Did she ever live the lives of her characters?
Did she ever use herself and if so, did writing help her quit?
Is everything she writes about drugs true?
These are the questions that haunt me...
I sent Ellen an email and asked if she wanted to reply, and she very graciously took a few minutes of her time to send back answers.
Ellen: I have not lived the lives of my characters, but people close to me have. CRANK/GLASS are loosely based on my daughter's story, so our entire family has lived through addiction. Everything I write about drugs is, in fact, very true.