Rebecca Donovan

Rebecca Donovan
Born	U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Website
Official website

Rebecca Donovan is an American novelist. ^{[1] [2]} Her books have a special appeal to twenty-somethings, a market category publishers call new adult. ^{[3] [4]}

Donovan, who had previously worked as an events planner, ^[1] began as a self-published author, but in 2012, Penguin acquired the U.K. rights to her successful "Breathing" series. ^[5] In 2013 she signed a contract with the Amazon.com imprint, Skyscape Publishing. ^{[6] [7]} According to The Boston Globe , to celebrate her publishing contract with Amazon, Donovan "took over" the Blithewold Mansion where she planned and held a party together with friends she had worked together with at Rafanelli Events . [1] ^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

• Reason to Breathe ISBN   978-1477817148 Reason to Breathe, was listed on the USA Today bestseller list in August, 2012. ^{[8] [9]}
• Barely Breathing ISBN   978-1477817179
• Out of Breath ISBN   978-1477817186 Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013. ^[10] It was # 6 on the young adult and children bestseller list for 2013 at Amazon.com, the nation's largest volume bookseller. ^{[11] [12]} Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013. ^[10] It was also published as an audio book. ^[13]
• What If

References

1. Person, Jill (8 July 2013). "Big deal for Donovan". Boston Globe. Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. Lamb, Joyce. "Interview: Rebecca Donovan, author of 'What If'". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
3. Naughton, Julie (11 July 2014). "New Adult: A Book Category For Twentysomethings by Twentysomethings". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
4. Foley, Linds (4 August 2014). "10 steamy New Adult reads you need in your beach bag this summer". sugarscape.com . Retrieved 8 March 2015.
5. "Penguin Acquires Self-publishing Success Story – Rebecca Donovan". BookTrade. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
6. Tremaine, Julie (26 July 2013). "A Bristol Author Redefines Literary Success". The Bay. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
7. Maughan, Shannon (21 January 2013). "Amazon Children's Publishing Names Two New Imprints". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
8. "Reason to Breathe". USA Today. self-published. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
9. "Amazon Bestseller: Reason to Breathe". Ann Arbor District Library. Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
10. "50 top-selling books". USA Today. Gannett News Service. 10 July 2013.
11. Greenfield, Jeremy (17 December 2013). "Patterns in Amazon's Year-End Best-Seller List". Digital Book World. Digital Book World. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
12. "Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2013". BusinessWire. BusinessWire. 16 December 2013.
13. Beauregard, Sue-Ellen (1 June 2013). "Fall Audiobook Preview, 2013". The Booklist. No. 109. Booklist.

External links

• Official website