High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Edgar & Ellen created by Simon and Schuster Children`s Publishing, is based on two twelve-year old twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod`s Limbs. The series currently contains nine books in addition to some side material. The Twin`s name`s are derived from American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. Rare Beasts is the first, followed by Tourist Trap, Under Town, Pet`s Revenge, High Wire and Nod`s Limbs, Hot Air, Frost Bites and Split Ends. The Mischief Manual, a book written in the voice of the twins themselves, hit shelves in June 2007. A weekly TV series premiered October 7, 2007 on Nicktoons.