Jennifer Niven

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Jennifer Niven
OccupationAuthor, Screenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Years active2000–present
Notable works All the Bright Places
SpouseJustin Conway
Website
www.jenniferniven.com

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 .

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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. [3] 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]

Banning

In 2024 the book Breathless was banned in Texas by the Katy Independent School District on the basis that the novel is "adopting, supporting, or promoting gender fluidity" [16] despite also pronouncing a bullying policy that protects infringements on the rights of the student. [17]

Bibliography

Young Adult

Velva Jean Series

Non-fiction

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References

  1. ↑ "Jennifer Niven: Life is too short to be closed off to possibility". The Guardian. January 26, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "RHS grad returns to 'bright place' to sign new book". Pal Item. April 26, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Jennifer Niven". www.panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Niven, Jennifer (2001). "The ice master : the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk". National Library of Australia. London : Pan. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Niven, Jennifer (2004). "Ada Blackjack : a true story of survival in the Arctic". National Library of Australia. New York : Hyperion. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Velva Jean Series". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ "All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven – review". The Guardian. January 23, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ "'Go Set a Watchman' among Goodreads' best books of 2015". CNN. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ Drabble, Emily (July 10, 2015). "The Guardian children's fiction award 2015 longlist". The Guardian. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ Shiner, Fionn (October 4, 2018). "All the Bright Places casts Keegan-Michael Key, Luke Wilson and Alexandra Shipp". mirror. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Netflix Film "All The Bright Places" Begins Production". New On Netflix: NEWS. October 4, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  13. ↑ "All the Bright Places review – teen charm can't lift maudlin Netflix drama". the Guardian. February 28, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  14. ↑ Wilson, Teri (October 14, 2016). "'The Fault in Our Stars' Fans Are Going to Be Obsessed with This New Book". Teen Vogue. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Breathless by Jennifer Niven: 9781524701963 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ https://www.katyisd.org/Page/4310#:~:text=No%20materials%20in%20elementary%20and,opt%2Din%20for%20student%20access.
  17. ↑ https://www.katyisd.org/Page/4123
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