Elvira Woodruff was born in 1951 in New Jersey and has lived in Pennsylvania for the last 20 years. She didn't realize she wanted to be a writer until age 35, though she enjoyed writing in school. Her hobbies include traveling, gardening, and baking cookies. Before becoming an author, her jobs included driving an ice cream truck, and working as a janitor, gardener, shop owner, and librarian assistant. Her novel "George Washington's Spy" is about Matt and friends traveling back in time to help Washington in Boston, and involves the boys getting captured by the British while spying. The book relates to her previous work "George Washington's Socks" through its themes of time

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Elvira Woodruff Author Study
Research Report
Background on the Author
1. Where and in what date was Elvira Woodruff born?
Elvira Woodruff was born in New Jersey in 1951. She has lived the last twenty years in Martins Creek,
Pennsylvania.
2. What are some of her hobbies?
Her favorite hobby is to travel when she is not writing. She also has a nice garden that she loves to work at
in the morning and in quiet afternoons you might smell some well baked cookies in the kitchen.
3. How did Woodruff discover that she wanted to be a writer?
Woodruff didn’t realize she wanted to be a writer until she was 35. Even though she loved write in
elementary and high school she never thought of it as a career for herself.
4. What other jobs did Woodruff have before she became a published author?
One of her first jobs after college was driving an ice-cream truck. Other than that she did many other jobs
in the community such as a janitor, window dresser, a gardener, a shop owner, an assistant librarian, and
more...
George Washington’s Spy
1. Make a prediction about what this novel will be about.
We predict that Matt and the adventure club and 2 girls will travel once again back in time, with the boat.
They will try to help George Washington in Boston. Also when we read the back we knew that the boys
will get captured by the British while are they are spying on the British.
2. Who are some of the characters that will be in this book?
When we read the back of the book we saw that Matt and six friends would be in this book. There are
four boys from the adventure club and at least two more girls (Including Katie).
3. How do you think this book will relate to George Washington’s Socks?
We think this book relates to George Washington’s Socks because they both involve time travel. Also they
involve the rebels and British.

2. Elvira Woodruff
She was born in
1951 in New Jersey. She has lived
her last twenty years in Martins
Creek, Pennsylvania.

3. Elvira’s Inspirations
Elvira didn’t realize she wanted to be a writer until she was 35. She loved
writing in elementary, and high school she never imagined it was a career
that she would carry for her whole life.
Elvira
Woodruff
Hobbies
Whenever she can she goes out on early mornings and works in her
beautiful garden. After that she would go inside and you would smell some
yummy cookies. And when she has a good break or extra time she goes to
other places or reads to find more information for her books. Never forget
the interviews and pictures for articles.

4. Early jobs
One of her early jobs was driving an ice-cream
truck. She also did other jobs in the community such as being a janitor, a
window dresser, a gardener, a shop owner and an assistant librarian.
George
Washington
SPY