Ellen Potter (born 1960s) is an American author of both children's and adult's books (as Ellen Toby-Potter). She grew up in Upper West Side, New York City and studied creative writing at Binghamton University and now lives in Candor in upstate New York. She has been a contributor to Cimarron Review, Epoch, The Hudson Review, and Seventeen. Her novel Olivia Kidney was winner of the Child Magazine Best Book award and was a Best Book of the Year selection for 8-12 year-olds by Parenting magazine.
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Philomel Books:
With co-author Anne Mazer, and illustrated by Matt Phelan: