Elizabeth J. Braswell
{{Short description|American writer}}
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Elizabeth J. Braswell, often known as Liz Braswell, is a British-born American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for her New York Times bestselling books in Disney's Twisted Tales series, along with The Nine Lives of Chloe King, a series that was adapted as a 2011 television show of the same name.{{cite web | last =Ausiello | first =Michael | title =ABC Family Renews Make It or Break It, Orders More Lying Game and Cancels Chloe, Georgia | date =16 September 2011 | publisher =TV Line | url =http://tvline.com/2011/09/16/abc-family-renews-make-it-or-break-it-cancels-chloe/ | accessdate =July 31, 2012}} She is also known to publish work under the names Tracy Lynn, Rob Kidd, J. B. Stephens, and Celia Thompson.{{Cite web|title=LIZ BRASWELL {{!}} HOME|url=https://www.lizbraswell.com/|access-date=2021-03-16|website=liz-braswell|language=en}}
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Early life and education
Braswell was born in Birmingham and grew up in a small New England town.[http://www.celiathomson.com/bio_new.html Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704221354/http://www.celiathomson.com/bio_new.html |date=2012-07-04 }}. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in Egyptology.
Career
Before she changed professions and began writing novels, Braswell produced video games for almost a decade, mostly at Simon & Schuster Interactive, where, among other credits, she served as executive producer for Darkened Skye and Farscape: The Game.{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,39899/|title=Elizabeth J. Braswell Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames|website=MobyGames}}[http://www.celiathomson.com/bio_new.html Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704221354/http://www.celiathomson.com/bio_new.html |date=2012-07-04 }}.
Braswell has written for Disney Press, particularly as one of the authors for its Twisted Tales series which are revisionist novels dealing "What If" stories in the Disney canon.
As of 2022, Braswell has a column with the Wall Street Journal, reviewing fantasy, science-fiction, and horror.
List of works
=Novels=
- Snow (2003) (as Tracy Lynn)
- RX (2005) (as Tracy Lynn)
- Stuffed (2019)
- Stuffed: Into Darkness (2021)
==The Nine Lives of Chloe King==
- The Fallen (2004) (as Celia Thomson)
- The Stolen (2004) (as Celia Thomson)
- The Chosen (2005) (as Celia Thomson)
==The Big Empty==
- The Big Empty (2004) (as J. B. Stephens)
- Paradise City (2004) (as J. B. Stephens)
- Desolation Angels (2005) (as J. B. Stephens)
- No Exit (2005) (as J. B. Stephens)
==Pirates of the Caribbean: The Original Adventures of Young Jack Sparrow==
- The Coming Storm (2006) (as Rob Kidd)
- The Age of Bronze (2006) (as Rob Kidd)
- Silver (2007) (as Rob Kidd)
- City of Gold (2007) (as Rob Kidd)
- Dance of the Hours (2007) (as Rob Kidd)
==Disney's Twisted Tales==
- A Whole New World (2015)
- Once Upon a Dream (2016)
- As Old as Time (2016)
- Part of Your World (2018)
- Straight on Till Morning (2019)
- Unbirthday (2020)
- What Once Was Mine (2021)
=Short fiction=
- One of Us (2009) (as Tracy Lynn)
- The Bride (Amazing Stories)
Awards
Her book The Stolen won ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers{{cite web|url=http://books.simonandschuster.net/Stolen/Celia-Thomson/Nine-Lives-of-Chloe-King/9780689866593|title=Publisher website — The Stolen|publisher=}} and her book The Fallen won ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and NYPL Books for the TeenAge.{{cite web|url=http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Fallen/Celia-Thomson/Nine-Lives-of-Chloe-King/9781439116401|title=Publisher website — The Fallen|access-date=2012-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430090328/http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Fallen/Celia-Thomson/Nine-Lives-of-Chloe-King/9781439116401|archive-date=2012-04-30|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{official website |themessydesk.com}}
- [http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=TOR0000020050908e1980001z Interview] by The Toronto Star
- {{isfdb name|155410|Liz Braswell}}
- {{LCAuth|nb2013005043|Liz Braswell|1|}} (forthcoming August 2015)
- [http://lccn.loc.gov/n2003089570 Tracy Lynn] and [http://lccn.loc.gov/no2005040044 Celia Thomson] at LC Authorities, with 3 and 4 records
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Category:American children's writers
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American video game producers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American women novelists
Category:Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:English emigrants to the United States
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women children's writers
Category:American women writers of young adult literature
Category:American writers of young adult literature
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:Brown University alumni