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ⓘ About Ellen Block
Ellen Block is a general fiction and literary fiction novelist from New Jersey. The author was born and bred in Summit, New Jersey, and is best known for the “Abigail Harker” series of novels. She went to the University of Michigan, where she got her Fine Arts undergraduate degree. It was at the same institution that she earned the Haugh and Hopwood Prizes for Fiction. Ellen would then attend the renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She also went to the Fiction Writing Program at East Anglia, where she got her graduate degrees. She made her fiction writing debut with “Destination Known,” her debut collection of short stories. The work was the winner of the Drue Heinz Literary Prize and won Ellen the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship.
All Book Series by Ellen Block
Destination Known
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2001 Pen name · Brett Ellen Block
The Grave of God's Daughter
Book 2 of 3 · published 2005 Pen name · Brett Ellen Block
The Lightning Rule
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2006 Pen name · Brett Ellen Block
Lives of the Poets
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1984 Anthology · E.L. Doctorow
Anthropology of an American Girl
Book 4 of 15 · published 2003 Anthology · Hilary Thayer Hamann
The Wives of Henry Oades
Book 7 of 15 · published 2010 Anthology · Johanna Moran
When We Were Friends
Book 11 of 15 · published 2011 Anthology · Elizabeth Joy Arnold
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
Book 13 of 15 · published 2011 Anthology · Jenny Wingfield
The Lullaby of Polish Girls
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2013 Anthology · Dagmara Dominczyk
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ellen Block?
Ellen Block is a general fiction and literary fiction novelist from New Jersey. The author was born and bred in Summit, New Jersey, and is best known for the “Abigail Harker” series of novels. She went to the University of Michigan, where she got her Fine Arts undergraduate degree.
Which Ellen Block series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Random House Reader's Circle series, the earliest of Ellen Block's multi-book series: it opens with Lives of the Poets (1984) and runs to 15 books across 1984–2013, ending with The Lullaby of Polish Girls (2013).
How many books has Ellen Block written?
Ellen Block has 19 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2013. 16 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Random House Reader's Circle series with 15 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ellen Block's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ellen Block's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Random House Reader's Circle (1984–2013, 15 books) and Abigail Harker (2010, 1 book).
How are Ellen Block's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ellen Block's 19 books into 2 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Random House Reader's Circle (15 books, 1984–2013); Abigail Harker (1 book, 2010).