Ellen Marie Vars (born 12 August 1957) is a Norwegian Sami writer. She was born in Láhpoluoppal in Kautokeino Municipality. She made her literary debut in 1986 with the youth novel Kátjá , which came to be among the most read Sami books in Norway. Her novel ÃÂábbámus iÃÂitguovssu earned her the Saami Council Literature Prize in 2005. ÃÂábbámus iÃÂitguovssu has been translated into English as The most beautiful dawn, and illustrated by Trygve Lund Guttormsen.
She was the first chief editor of the Sami language newspaper , from its establishment in 1993.