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Jennifer Niven Biography & Facts

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. Life and career Niven grew up in Richmond, Indiana. As well as writing novels, Niven has also worked as a screenwriter, journalist and an associate producer at ABC Television. 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). In 2010, she published a memoir of her years in high school called The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town. 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. The series also includes, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, Becoming Clementine and American Blonde. 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. It won a 2015 Goodreads choice award for Best Young Adult Fiction and was longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. It has been adapted into a film by Netflix and stars Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Alexandra Shipp, and Luke Wilson. Production on the film began in October 2018 and it was released on 28 February 2020. She released another bestselling young adult novel in 2016 called Holding Up the Universe, and her third young adult novel, Breathless, was released in September, 2020. Bibliography Young Adult All the Bright Places (2015) ISBN 0385755880 Holding Up the Universe (2016) ISBN 0385755929 Breathless (2020) Take Me With You When You Go with David Levithan (2021) Velva Jean Series Velva Jean Learns to Drive (2009) ISBN 0452289459 Velva Jean Learns to Fly (2011) ISBN 0452297400 Becoming Clementine (2012) ISBN 0452298105 American Blonde (2014) ISBN 0452298210 Non-fiction The Ice Master (2000) ISBN 0786884460 Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (2003) ISBN 0786868635 The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town (2010) ISBN 1416954295 Ada Blackjack, survivante de l'Arctique, éditions Paulsen, 2019 References. Discover the Jennifer Niven popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jennifer Niven books.

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  • The Fortunes of Indigo Skye synopsis, comments

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye

    Deb Caletti

    Eighteenyearold waitress Indigo Skye’s life is upended when a mysterious man leaves her a multimilliondollar tip in this funny and moving novel by Printz Honor medal winner and Nat...

  • Closed, Stranger synopsis, comments

    Closed, Stranger

    Kate De Goldi

    A prizewinning novel about friendship, family and an impossible love. 'What made March really significant, what seared it on both our brains, was that Westie met his birth mother,...

  • Invisibly Breathing synopsis, comments

    Invisibly Breathing

    Eileen Merriman

    A moving story about unconventional love, bullying and being true to yourself. ‘I wish I wasn’t the weirdest sixteenyearold guy in the universe.’ Felix would love to have been a ...

  • When The Curtain Falls synopsis, comments

    When The Curtain Falls

    Carrie Hope Fletcher

    The TOP FIVE Sunday Times BestsellerPLUS this ebook includes the beginning chapters of Carrie's BRANDNEW book In The Time We LostAvailable to PREORDER now'Enchanting, evocative and...

  • Wer fliegen will, muss schwimmen lernen synopsis, comments

    Wer fliegen will, muss schwimmen lernen

    Krystal Sutherland

    Eine herzzerreißend schöne Liebesgeschichte, die tief berührt und nicht mehr loslässt – verfilmt mit Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) in der HauptrolleHerzklopfen, Schlaflosigkeit, Gefühl...

  • Essential Maps for the Lost synopsis, comments

    Essential Maps for the Lost

    Deb Caletti

    From Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes a fresh and luminous novel “about love and loss, mental illness, and taking charge of one’s own fa...

  • You make my heart race synopsis, comments

    You make my heart race

    Miranda Kenneally

    Vor ihren Gefühlen kann sie nicht weglaufenWäre ihr Exfreund Kyle noch am Leben, wenn sie sich nicht getrennt hätten? Von Schuldgefühlen getrieben, bereitet sich Annie auf den Mara...

  • Pieces of You synopsis, comments

    Pieces of You

    Eileen Merriman

    Wise, tough, heartbreaking, funny, this compulsive love story is about facing your demons. Fifteenyearold Rebecca McQuilten moves with her parents to a new city. Lonely but trying...

  • This Might Hurt a Bit synopsis, comments

    This Might Hurt a Bit

    Doogie Horner

    “Full of wit and wisdom, and riotously funny to boot. A phenomenal debut!” Ransom Riggs, New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children“As irrever...

  • The Aqua Net Diaries synopsis, comments

    The Aqua Net Diaries

    Jennifer Niven

    Jennifer Niven quit her job as a television producer to write the true story of a doomed 1913 Arctic expedition in her first book, The Ice Master, which was named one of the top te...

  • Wild Roses synopsis, comments

    Wild Roses

    Deb Caletti

    Cassie is falling in love with her stepfather Dino’s brilliant young violin student, all while trying to cover up his increasingly erratic behavior, in this story of intense love, ...

  • Maybe in Paris synopsis, comments

    Maybe in Paris

    Rebecca Christiansen

    Keira Braidwood lands in Paris with her autistic brother, Levi, and high hopes. Levi has just survived a suicide attempt and months in the psych wardhe’s ready for a dose of the wi...

  • Es muss ja nicht perfekt sein synopsis, comments

    Es muss ja nicht perfekt sein

    Krystal Sutherland

    50 irre Sonntage, viele Ängste und eine große LiebeEsthers Familie ist ungewöhnlich. Das ist das Mindeste, was man sagen kann. Ihr Vater wagt sich nicht mehr aus dem Keller, der Br...

  • Morgen und die Ewigkeit danach synopsis, comments

    Morgen und die Ewigkeit danach

    Manuela Inusa

    Echte Liebesgeschichten haben kein EndeAls Nathalie in der Psychiatrie Lucas kennenlernt, ist da sofort etwas Besonderes zwischen ihnen. Beide spüren es und doch können beide es ni...

  • Monkey Taming synopsis, comments

    Monkey Taming

    Judith Fathallah

    "You've eaten too much, you fat pig."When Jessica was thirteen years old, she met the Monkey. The Monkey lived inside her: a driving, fiery voice telling her that thinness was the ...

  • Together We Caught Fire synopsis, comments

    Together We Caught Fire

    Eva V. Gibson

    A forbidden attraction grows even more complicated when the guy Lane Jamison has crushed on for years suddenly becomes her stepbrother in this sexy and gorgeously written debut nov...

  • We Are All Constellations synopsis, comments

    We Are All Constellations

    Amy Beashel

    A heartbreaking and hopefilled tale about the stories we tell ourselves to survive for fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Jennifer Niven. From the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated ...

  • The Secret Life of Prince Charming synopsis, comments

    The Secret Life of Prince Charming

    Deb Caletti

    Quinn teams up with the halfsister she’s never met to right their father’s wrongs in this thoughtful, funny, and layered novel by National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor meda...

  • The Last Forever synopsis, comments

    The Last Forever

    Deb Caletti

    Beginnings and endings overlap in this soaring novel of love and grief from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.Nothing lasts forever, and no one...

  • Sanctuary synopsis, comments

    Sanctuary

    Kate De Goldi

    Winner of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards, this compelling novel explores truth and lies, guilt, grief and love. 'So where does the truth lie?' said Jeremiah. 'Huh, truth lies....

  • Velva Jean Learns to Fly synopsis, comments

    Velva Jean Learns to Fly

    Jennifer Niven

    After Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II, fiercely independent heroine Velva Jean enlists, gets her wings, risks her life, and her heart in this bold and inspiring novel fr...

  • Goodbye, Perfect synopsis, comments

    Goodbye, Perfect

    Sara Barnard

    “This gripping novel examines anxiety, identity, pressure, and power with Barnard’s characteristic lightness of touch.” The Guardian “Nuanced, compelling, honest, and important.” K...

  • Running on the Cracks synopsis, comments

    Running on the Cracks

    Julia Donaldson

    A runaway thriller for fans of Anne Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, by Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson.Driven away by the disturbing behaviour of her uncle, 15yearold Leo flees ...

  • Breathless synopsis, comments

    Breathless

    Jennifer Niven

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places comes a compulsively readable novel about a young woman determined to write her own storysex, heartbreak, fam...

  • Riptide Summer synopsis, comments

    Riptide Summer

    Lisa Freeman

    The year is 1973, and Nani is firmly established as one of the top girls in the State Beach lineup. She’s looking forward to a long, relaxing summer of days spent in the sun with h...

  • American Blonde synopsis, comments

    American Blonde

    Jennifer Niven

    From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Placessoon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanningcomes the story of a fearless and spirited World War II ...

  • Stay synopsis, comments

    Stay

    Deb Caletti

    A dark, romantic novel of love and obsession from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the sta...

  • Fragile Like Us synopsis, comments

    Fragile Like Us

    Sara Barnard

    A pitch perfect novel about friendship and what it takes to break the bonds between friends, “for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen” (VOYA).Caddy and Rosie have always been in...

  • How to Grow a Family Tree synopsis, comments

    How to Grow a Family Tree

    Eliza Henry-Jones

    From the author of P is for Pearl comes a heartwarming book about family, friendship and what home can mean.Stella may only be seventeen, but having read every selfhelp book she ca...

  • The Story of Us synopsis, comments

    The Story of Us

    Deb Caletti

    A week of her mother’s wedding chaos brings a new boy and numerous other complications into Cricket’s life in this funny and romantic novel from Printz Honor medal winner and Natio...

  • Destination Anywhere synopsis, comments

    Destination Anywhere

    Sara Barnard

    Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen, this lushly written and heartwrenching novel follows a teen girl on a oneway trip away from her life and slowly reveals what mad...

  • A Trio of Sophies synopsis, comments

    A Trio of Sophies

    Eileen Merriman

    A missing girl, a secret diary and unsettling revelations . . . Today is the first of September, the first day of spring, and it’s been sixtyfour days since I last saw Sophie Aber...

  • Becoming Clementine synopsis, comments

    Becoming Clementine

    Jennifer Niven

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Placessoon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanningcomes a spellbinding story of a secret mission and dangero...

  • Catch a Falling Star synopsis, comments

    Catch a Falling Star

    Eileen Merriman

    A fifteenyearold reaches for stardom as he slides into psychosis. Francesca – known to everyone as Frankie – has scored the part of Princess Fiona in the forthcoming musical p...

  • Where Secrets Lie synopsis, comments

    Where Secrets Lie

    Eva V. Gibson

    “[A] gorgeous and satisfying thriller.” Booklist (starred review)Perfect for fans of Courtney Summers, this seductive and intense thriller unfolds in interwoven timelines of two su...

  • Nature of Jade synopsis, comments

    Nature of Jade

    Deb Caletti

    A girl grappling with Panic Disorder finds comfortand lovewith a boy who is hiding a terrible secret in this poignant and romantic novel from Printz Honor medal winner and National...

  • The Queen of Everything synopsis, comments

    The Queen of Everything

    Deb Caletti

    Jordan MacKenzie had a typical teenage life until her father’s affair with a married woman threatens to implode her entire world in this searing and poignant novel from Printz Hono...

  • Du hast gesagt, wir sind zwei Sterne synopsis, comments

    Du hast gesagt, wir sind zwei Sterne

    Brenda Rufener

    IHRE LIEBE IST GRENZENLOS UND FÜR DIE EWIGKEIT GEMACHT.Als Aggi und Max sich im letzten Winter endlich ihre Gefühle füreinander eingestanden haben, wissen sie das genau. Doch genau...

  • Velva Jean Learns to Drive synopsis, comments

    Velva Jean Learns to Drive

    Jennifer Niven

    From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Holding Up the Universe and All the Bright Places (soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle F...