Ellen Pober Rittberg is a published author of a humorous how-to parenting book, "35 Things Your Teen Won't Tell You So I Will." A former award-winning journalist, her plays have been performed at festivals and off off Broadway. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in many on-line journals and anthologies. She sometimes recites/performs her poetry around New York City, but eschews slams owing to what she believes is her advanced slam age. Her poetry chapbook, "Consider the Constellation," was published in 2009 and she is overdue to publish her next one, due to the good weather.