Jennifer A. Nielsen Explained

Jennifer A. Nielsen
Birth Date:10 July 1971
Birth Place:Northern Utah
Occupation:Novelist
Language:English
Nationality:American
Period:2010–present
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Awards:Whitney Award

Jennifer Anne[1] Nielsen (born July 10, 1971)[2] is an American author known primarily for young adult fiction. Her works include the Ascendance Series, Behind Enemy Lines (one of the books in the Infinity Ring series), The Mark of the Thief, A Night Divided, and the Underworld Chronicles.[3]

Life

Nielsen was born and raised in northern Utah[4] and completed her first full manuscript, on picking locks, at the age of 11.[5] However, it was abandoned when a locksmith did not allow her to research picking locks.[5] She published Elliot and the Goblin War, the first Underworld Chronicles book, in 2010[4] and has continued publishing novels since.

In 2013, she won the Whitney Award for Best Middle Grade Novel for The False Prince, the first novel in the Ascendance Trilogy,[6] and the next year she won again in the same category for The Runaway King, its sequel. The paperback reprint of The False Prince put her on The New York Times Best Seller list in March 2013.[7] The False Prince received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[8]

Nielsen lives in Northern Utah and is a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[9]

Selected works

The Ascendance series

Traitor's Game series

Mark of the Thief series

Further reading

Article in Publishers Weekly

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is your middle name? What does the A stand for?. April 3, 2017. April 10, 2017. Goodreads. Goodreads Inc.. Anne. It was my grandmother's name..
  2. Web site: I don't want to be disrespectful or anything (this is for an author study), but when and where were you born?. April 3, 2017. April 10, 2017. Goodreads. Goodreads Inc.. I was born in Utah on July 10, 1971..
  3. Web site: Jennifer A. Nielsen's List of Books. 2015. Scholastic Teachers. Scholastic Inc.. March 24, 2015.
  4. Web site: About. 2013. March 17, 2017. Jennifer A. Nielson.
  5. Web site: Jennifer A. Nielsen's Biography. 2015. Scholastic Teachers. Scholastic Inc.. March 24, 2015.
  6. Rappleye, Christine. And the winners of the 2013 Whitney Awards are ...", The Deseret News, May 3, 2014.
  7. News: March 31, 2013 THIS WEEK CHILDREN'S MIDDLE GRADE. July 6, 2013. New York Times. March 31, 2013. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327044521/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-03-31/childrens-middle-grade/list.html. March 27, 2013.
  8. Web site: Children's Book Review: The False Prince. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2020-02-19.
  9. Web site: Thanks to You… | Jennifer A. Nielsen – Author. October 15, 2019.
  10. Web site: A Night Divided. www.publishersweekly.com. 2020-02-19.
  11. Book: A NIGHT DIVIDED Kirkus Reviews. en.
  12. Web site: Children's Book Review: The Scourge. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2020-02-19.
  13. Book: THE SCOURGE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  14. Web site: Children's Book Review: Resistance. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2020-02-19.
  15. Book: RESISTANCE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  16. Book: WORDS ON FIRE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  17. Book: RESCUE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  18. Book: LINES OF COURAGE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  19. Book: THE FALSE PRINCE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  20. Web site: Runaway King review. www.publishersweekly.com. 2020-02-19.
  21. Book: THE RUNAWAY KING Kirkus Reviews. en.
  22. Book: THE SHADOW THRONE Kirkus Reviews. en.
  23. Web site: Lodge. Sally. December 17, 2019. Jennifer A. Nielsen Expands Her 'Ascendance' Trilogy. 2020-10-12. Publishers Weekly.
  24. Web site: Children's Book Review: The Traitor's Game. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2020-02-19.
  25. Book: THE TRAITOR'S GAME Kirkus Reviews. en.
  26. Book: THE DECEIVER'S HEART Kirkus Reviews. en.
  27. Book: Nielsen, Jennifer. The Warrior's Curse. Scholastic Press. 2020. 978-1338045451.
  28. Web site: Children's Book Review: Mark of the Thief. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2020-02-19.
  29. Book: RISE OF THE WOLF Kirkus Reviews. en.

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