Jennifer Niven Explained

Jennifer Niven
Occupation:Author, Screenwriter
Years Active:2000–present
Spouse:Justin Conway
Nationality:American
Notableworks:All the Bright Places

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.

Life and career

Niven grew up in Richmond, Indiana.[1] [2] As well as writing novels, Niven has also worked as a screenwriter, journalist and an associate producer at ABC Television.[3]

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).[4] [5] In 2010, she published a memoir of her years in high school called The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town.[6]

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. The series also includes, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, Becoming Clementine and American Blonde.[7]

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.[8] It won a 2015 Goodreads choice award for Best Young Adult Fiction[9] and was longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[10] It has been adapted into a film by Netflix and stars Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Alexandra Shipp, and Luke Wilson.[11] Production on the film began in October 2018[12] and it was released on 28 February 2020.[13]

She released another bestselling young adult novel in 2016 called Holding Up the Universe,[14] and her third young adult novel, Breathless, was released in September, 2020.[15]

Bibliography

Young Adult

Velva Jean Series

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jennifer Niven: Life is too short to be closed off to possibility . The Guardian . 11 December 2018 . 26 January 2015.
  2. Web site: RHS grad returns to 'bright place' to sign new book . Pal Item . 5 October 2023 . 26 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Jennifer Niven . www.panmacmillan.com . 11 December 2018 . April 1, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134924/https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jennifer-niven/9aa5fd41-7c9f-4220-3c25-08d5dd18a060 . dead .
  4. Web site: Niven . Jennifer . The ice master : the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk . National Library of Australia . London : Pan . 11 December 2018 . English . 2001.
  5. Web site: Niven . Jennifer . Ada Blackjack : a true story of survival in the Arctic . National Library of Australia . New York : Hyperion . 11 December 2018 . English . 2004.
  6. Web site: The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town . Barnes & Noble . 11 December 2018 . en.
  7. Web site: Velva Jean Series . PenguinRandomhouse.com . 11 December 2018.
  8. Web site: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven – review . The Guardian . 11 December 2018 . 23 January 2016.
  9. Web site: 'Go Set a Watchman' among Goodreads' best books of 2015 . CNN . 11 December 2018 . en.
  10. Web site: Drabble . Emily . The Guardian children's fiction award 2015 longlist . The Guardian . 11 December 2018 . 10 July 2015.
  11. Web site: Shiner . Fionn . All the Bright Places casts Keegan-Michael Key, Luke Wilson and Alexandra Shipp . mirror . 11 December 2018 . 4 October 2018.
  12. Web site: Netflix Film "All The Bright Places" Begins Production . New On Netflix: NEWS . 11 December 2018 . 4 October 2018.
  13. Web site: All the Bright Places review – teen charm can't lift maudlin Netflix drama . the Guardian . 6 September 2020 . en . 28 February 2020.
  14. Web site: Wilson . Teri . 'The Fault in Our Stars' Fans Are Going to Be Obsessed with This New Book . Teen Vogue . October 14, 2016 . 4 December 2020 . en-us.
  15. Web site: Breathless by Jennifer Niven: 9781524701963 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . PenguinRandomhouse.com . 4 December 2020.

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