Jennifer Anne Nielsen (born July 10, 1971) is an American author known primarily for

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

. Her works include the '' Ascendance Series'', ''Behind Enemy Lines'' (one of the books in the

Infinity Ring The ''Infinity Ring'' is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels written by multiple authors, including James Dashner, Lisa McMann, Matt de la Peña, Matthew J. Kirby, and Jennifer A. Nielsen, in a similar fashion to ''The 39 ...

series), ''The Mark of the Thief'', '' A Night Divided'', and the '' Underworld Chronicles''.

Life

Jennifer was born and raised in northern

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

and completed her first full manuscript, on picking locks, at the age of 11. However, it was abandoned when a locksmith did not allow her to research picking locks. She published ''Elliot and the Goblin War'', the first ''Underworld Chronicles'' book, in 2010 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'',Rappleye, Christine.
And the winners of the 2013 Whitney Awards are ...
, The Deseret News'', May 3, 2014. and the next year she won again in the same category for ''The Runaway King'', its sequel. The paperback reprint of ''The False Prince'' put her on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in March 2013. ''The False Prince'' received a starred review from ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

''. Nielsen lives in Northern Utah and is a practicing member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

Selected works

* * * * * * * ''Iceberg''. Scholastic Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1338795028. * ''Uprising''. Scholastic Press. 2024. ISBN 978-1338795080.

The Ascendance series

* * * *''The Captive Kingdom''. Scholastic, Inc. 2020. *''The Shattered Castle.'' Scholastic, Inc. 2021. ISBN 9781338275902

Traitor's Game series

* * *''The Warrior's Curse.'' Scholastic Press. 2020 .

Mark of the Thief series

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References

External links

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Official website
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