Jennifer A. Nielsen | |
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Born | Northern Utah | July 10, 1971
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2010–present |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Notable works | Ascendance Trilogy |
Notable awards | Whitney Award |
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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]
Jennifer 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. [6] 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]
Anne. It was my grandmother's name.
I was born in Utah on July 10, 1971.