Jessica Brody Explained
Jessica Brody |
Alma Mater: | Smith College |
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Years Active: | 2005–present |
Jessica Brody is an American author and writing educator. Her writing consists mainly of young adult fiction.
Early life
Brody graduated from Smith College in 2001 with a double major in Economics and French and worked for MGM Studios as a financial analyst until 2005, when she began to develop her career as a full-time author.[1] [2] She credits Bridget Jones's Diary with reigniting her childhood passion for writing: "I was so inspired and awed by the fact that a book could take me away from my life like that." Brody sold her first novel a year and a half after quitting MGM.[3]
Books
While most of Brody's books are for teens, her first two published novels, The Fidelity Files and Love Under Cover, were women's fiction for adults.[4] [5] [6] The first novel she wrote after leaving MGM was never published; after three years of submitting the completed manuscript to different agents, Brody started a new novel during the shopping period. She was signed by an agent for her second novel, five years after starting her career as an author. The agent sold that novel in ten days.
Brody published her first young adult novel, The Karma Club, in April 2010. She is known for her Unremembered and series of young adult fiction novels. The genesis of the Unremembered trilogy started with a news article about a teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash, which inspired Brody to speculate reasons why she was the only survivor.[7]
Brody sold the publishing rights for her first middle-grade novel, Addie Montgomery's Shortcut to Growing Up, to Delacorte Press in 2015.[8] The novel was eventually retitled Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up when it was published in 2017.
Brody and fellow author Joanne Rendell developed the System Divine series, the first book of which, Sky Without Stars, was published in March 2019.[9] The publishing rights for the series were sold to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure deal in 2017.[10]
Jennifer Hunter
- Book: The Fidelity Files . . June 10, 2008 . 9781429926034 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Love Under Cover . St. Martin's Press . November 10, 2009 . 9781429983648 . 6 September 2018.
The Unremembered trilogy
- Book: Unremembered . . March 5, 2013 . 9780374379919 . 6 September 2018 . registration .
- Book: Unforgotten . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . February 25, 2014 . 9780374379902 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Unchanged . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . February 24, 2015 . 9780374379896 . 6 September 2018 . registration .
Short works in the Unremembered universe
- Book: The Memory Coder . Tor/Forge . February 26, 2013 . 9781466838994 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: The Human Engineer . Tor/Forge . February 4, 2015 . 9781466886216 . 6 September 2018.
Disney Descendants: School of Secrets series
- Book: CJ's Treasure Chase . Disney Book Group . August 30, 2016 . 978-1-4847-7864-7 . 6 September 2018 . 21 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121055615/https://books.disney.com/book/cjs-treasure-chase-volume-1/ . dead .
- Book: Freddie's Shadow Cards . Disney Book Group . October 25, 2016 . 978-1-4847-7865-4 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Ally's Mad Mystery . Disney Book Group . February 28, 2017 . 978-1-4847-7866-1 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Lonnie's Warrior Sword . Disney Book Group . August 15, 2017 . 978-1-4847-7867-8 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Carlos's Scavenger Hunt . Disney Book Group . November 14, 2017 . 978-1-3680-1398-7 . 6 September 2018.
System Divine trilogy (with Joanne Rendell)
- Book: Sky Without Stars . Simon & Schuster . March 2019 . 9781534410633 .
- Book: Between Burning Worlds . Simon & Schuster . April 2021 . 9781534410671.
- Book: Suns Will Rise . Simon & Schuster . August 2022 . 9781534474444.
Standalone fiction
- Book: The Karma Club . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . April 27, 2010 . 9781429946391 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: My Life Undecided . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . June 7, 2011 . 9781429940993 . 6 September 2018.
- Book: Boys of Summer . Simon & Schuster . April 2016 . 9781481463485 . 6 September 2018 . registration .
- Book: A Week of Mondays . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . August 2, 2016 . 9780374382704 . 6 September 2018 . registration .
- Book: In Some Other Life . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . August 8, 2017 . 9780374380762 . 6 September 2018.
Nonfiction
- Book: The Complete Guide to Getting Published: An author-to-author guide to selling your novel to a major publisher . Jessica Brody Entertainment LLC . October 5, 2016 .
Film adaptations
Film rights to Brody's book Unremembered have been acquired by Reliance Entertainment and Kintop Pictures.[11] The Fidelity Files and 52 Reasons to Hate My Father have also been optioned for films.[12] 52 Reasons is also being developed by Reliance and Kintop;[13] and a screenplay has been written by Karen McCullah.[14]
Writing Instruction
Brody offers writing instruction and advice on a variety of platforms, including YouTube and Udemy. She founded Writing Mastery Academy, an online, subscription-based writing instruction platform offering video classes, webinars, and a community site.
Notes and References
- Web site: Bio . Brody, Jessica . Jessica Brody . 6 September 2018.
- Interview with Author, Jessica Brody! . Jessica Brody . Sarah Hamilton . 23 November 2015 . LockerStyler.com . 6 September 2018.
- Interview with Author Jessica Brody – Contest, too! . Jessica Brody . Carolyn Jewel . 10 November 2009 . CarolynJewel.com . 6 September 2018.
- Web site: The Fidelity Files . Spielberg, Lauren . RT Book Reviews . 6 September 2018.
- Web site: Inspector Uh-Oh! . RT Book Reviews . Diane . Snyder . September 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140115053403/http://www.rtbookreviews.com/message/fidelity-files . 15 January 2014 . dead.
- Web site: Love Under Cover . Publishers Weekly . 7 September 2009 . 6 September 2018.
- Author Interview with Jessica Brody and Alexandra Monir + Giveaway! . 25 February 2015 . Jessica Brody . Books Inc . 6 September 2018.
- News: Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015 . September 7, 2015 . Publishers Weekly . 6 September 2018.
- Book: SKY WITHOUT STARS Kirkus Reviews. en.
- News: Rights Report: Week of March 6, 2017 . March 7, 2017 . Publishers Weekly . 6 September 2018.
- Web site: YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) . The Hollywood Reporter . Rebecca . Ford . March 24, 2014 . 6 September 2018.
- News: Interview: Jessica Brody, author of 'Unremembered' . USA Today . Joyce . Lamb . March 6, 2013 . 6 September 2018.
- News: YA Book '52 Reasons to Hate My Father' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) . Bhushan, Nyay . 2 March 2015 . The Hollywood Reporter . 6 September 2018.
- Web site: Movie Update! Guess Who Wrote the Screenplay for 52 Reasons to Hate My Father! . Brody, Jessica . February 2018 . Jessica Brody [author's blog] . 6 September 2018.