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Mary Ellen Pinkham

Mary Ellen Pinkham, household expert www.maryellenproducts.com, author, multi-media personality and host of HGTV's Tipical Mary Ellen.

 

Mary Ellen Pinkham is a best-selling author of nine books, HGTV host, publisher, magazine contributor, product spokesperson, iVillage.com home and garden expert, regular contributor on Good Morning America, and expert guest on national radio and television programs.

 

Mary Ellen has sold 13 million books and is best known for her prolific housekeeping tips as featured on her television show, "Tipical Mary Ellen," on HGTV, her appearances on Good Morning America - ABC TV, and other national TV programs including Today, David Letterman, Hour Magazine, PM Magazine, Regis Philbin, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Jessy Raphael, and The Other Half with Dick Clark. She has also written a New York Times Syndicated Column.

 

Feature stories on or by Mary Ellen have appeared in: People, Time, Money, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Weekly, Working Woman and others.

 

Some of Mary Ellen's Books:

  • Mary Ellen's Guide to Good Enough Housekeeping - St Martin's, May, 2002
  • Mary Ellen's Best of Helpful Hints, Vol 1 - Warner, 1979 (First published by Mary Ellen Enterprises, 1976; #1 New York Times Best-Seller for 55 weeks; first serial rights to Family Circle)
  • The Complete Home Reference Book - Crown, 1994 (US Spanish edition, 2001 - orig. published as Clean House, 1993 - prominently featured in Restoration Hardware shops and catalog; selected by four book clubs; first serial rights to Woman's Day)
  • Mary Ellen's Best of Helpful Kitchen Hints - Mary Ellen Enterprises, 1980 (Kitchen time and energy savers)
  • Mary Ellen's Best of Helpful Hints, Vol 2 - Warner Books, 1980
  • Mary Ellen's Help Yourself Diet Plan - St. Martin's Press, 1984 (#1 New York Times Best-Seller for four months; trade paperback and mass market editions; Book of the Month Club featured alternate; first serial rights to Woman's Day)
  • Mary Ellen's 1000 New Helpful Hints - St. Martin's Press, 1983