Kiersten White

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Kiersten White
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White at the 2018 Texas Teen Book Festival
BornKiersten White
1983 (age 4041)
Utah
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Brigham Young University
Notable awards
Website
kierstenwhite.com

Kiersten White is an American author of fiction for children, young adults, and adults. Her first book, Paranormalcy , was published by HarperCollins in 2009. [1]

Contents

Early life

White was born in Utah in 1983[ citation needed ] and graduated in 2004 from Brigham Young University, where she studied English. [2] She lives with her family in San Diego, California. [3] White was raised Mormon but is no longer practicing [4] .

Career

White is a writer covering a variety of genres (fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal, horror); she writes middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction.

Awards and honors

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein won the 2018 Bram Stoker Award in the Young Adult category. [5] White's first novel, Paranormalcy (2009), debuted at #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list in the "Children's Books—Chapter Books" category. [6] The Utah Book Awards presented White with the Young Adult book award in 2011. [7] The book has garnered praise in the 2010 Librarian Preview. [8] A subsequent work received mention on the Lone Star Reading List, Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scary Tales (2017); [9] And I Darken (2016) received mention on the 2017 Rainbow Book List [10]

Awards

Year AwardedNomineeAwardCategoryResultRef
2019The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Bram Stoker Awards BSA–Young Adult Won [11]

Recognitions

Year AwardedNomineeRecognitionCategoryResultRef
2010ParanormalcyNew York Times Best Seller list"Children's Books—Chapter Books"#7 [6]
201111th Utah Book AwardsYoung AdultWon [7]
2017And I Darken2017 Rainbow Book ListYoung Adult(unranked) [10]

Bibliography

Standalone novels

Chapbooks

Paranormalcy series

  1. Paranormalcy (2010; HarperTeen) – ISBN   978-0061985843
  2. Supernaturally (2011; HarperTeen) – ISBN   978-0061985867
  3. Endlessly (2012; HarperTeen) – ISBN   978-0061985881

Mind Games series

  1. Mind Games (2013; HarperTeen) – ISBN   978-0062135315
  2. Perfect Lies (2014; HarperTeen) – ISBN   978-0062135841

Novellas:

The Conqueror's Saga

  1. And I Darken (2016; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0553522310
  2. Now I Rise (2017; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0553522358
  3. Bright We Burn (2018; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0553522396

Camelot Rising

  1. The Guinevere Deception (2019; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0525581673
  2. The Camelot Betrayal (2020; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0525581710
  3. The Excalibur Curse (2021; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0525581758

Sinister Summer

  1. Wretched Waterpark (2022; Delacorte Press) – ISBN   978-0593379042

Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe)

  1. Slayer (2019; Simon Pulse) – ISBN   978-1534404953
  2. Chosen (2020; Simon Pulse) – ISBN   978-1534404984

Star Wars contributions

Collections

Graphic novels

Contributions to anthologies

YearContributionAnthologyEditorISBN
2011"Tick, Tick, Boom" (short story)Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romancesed. Trisha Telep ISBN   978-0762440924
2014"Womb" (shortAltered Perceptionsed. Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Robison Wells

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References

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