Jennifer Niven

Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best selling American author who is best known for the 2015 young adult book, All the Bright Places.

Jennifer Niven
BornMay 14, 1968 (age 51)
Charlotte, North Carolina
OccupationAuthor, Screenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksAll the Bright Places
Years active2000–present
SpouseJustin Conway
Website
www.jenniferniven.com

Life and career

Niven grew up in Indiana.[1] As well as writing novels, Niven has also worked as a screenwriter, journalist and an associate producer at ABC Television.[2]

Her first two books were non-fiction narratives called The Ice Master (published in 2000) and Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (published in 2003).[3][4] In 2010, she published a memoir of her years in high school called The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town.[5]

She began writing a series of historical novels in 2009. The first, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, was based on a short film of the same name that she had made. It won an Emmy Award and the Colin Higgins Award for Screenwriting.[2] The series also includes, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, Becoming Clementine and American Blonde.[6]

Niven's first young adult novel, All the Bright Places was released in 2015. The narrative follows two teenagers, Violet and Finch who are struggling with mental health issues.[7] It won a 2015 Goodreads choice award for Best Young Adult Fiction[8] and was longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[9] It has been adapted into a film by Netflix and stars Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Alexandra Shipp, and Luke Wilson.[10] Production on the film began in October 2018 and the film is set to be released on February 28.[11]

She released another bestselling young adult novel in 2016 called Holding Up the Universe, and her third young adult novel will be released in 2020.

Bibliography

Young Adult

  • All the Bright Places (2015) ISBN 0385755880
  • Holding Up the Universe (2016) ISBN 0385755929

Velva Jean Series

  • Velva Jean Learns to Drive (2009) ISBN 0452289459
  • Velva Jean Learns to Fly (2011) ISBN 0452297400
  • Becoming Clementine (2012) ISBN 0452298105
  • American Blonde (2014) ISBN 0452298210

Non-fiction

  • The Ice Master (2000) ISBN 0786884460
  • Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (2003) ISBN 0786868635
  • The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town (2010) ISBN 1416954295
  • Ada Blackjack, survivante de l'Arctique, éditions Paulsen, 2019

References
  1. "Jennifer Niven: Life is too short to be closed off to possibility". The Guardian. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. "Jennifer Niven". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. Niven, Jennifer (2001). "The ice master : the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk". National Library of Australia. London : Pan. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. Niven, Jennifer (2004). "Ada Blackjack : a true story of survival in the Arctic". National Library of Australia. New York : Hyperion. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. "The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. "Velva Jean Series". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. "All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven – review". The Guardian. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. "'Go Set a Watchman' among Goodreads' best books of 2015". CNN. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  9. Drabble, Emily (10 July 2015). "The Guardian children's fiction award 2015 longlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  10. Shiner, Fionn (4 October 2018). "All the Bright Places casts Keegan-Michael Key, Luke Wilson and Alexandra Shipp". mirror. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  11. "Netflix Film "All The Bright Places" Begins Production". New On Netflix: NEWS. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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