Ellen Evert Hopman (born July 31, 1952, in Salzburg, Austria)[1] is an author of both fiction and non-fiction, an herbalist, a lay homeopath, a lecturer, and a mental health counselor who lives and works in Western Massachusetts.
[2][3] Hopman is a certified writing teacher with Amherst Writers and Artists and a multiple recipient of the Golden Oak Award.
[6] She has taught Druidry and herbalism in the United States, Scotland, Ireland and Canada,[2][7] and has been a speaker and workshop leader at numerous Neopagan and New Age events, and a subject of articles in The New York Times.
[10] She presented a weekly "herb report" for WRSI radio in Greenfield, MA, and was featured in a documentary about Druids on A&E Television’s The Unexplained (Sacred Societies, February 1999).
Secret Medicines from Your Garden WINNER of the 2016 Thomas DeBaggio International Herb Association Annual Book Award