Jennifer A. Nielsen

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| birth_place = Northern Utah

| occupation = Novelist

| language = English

| nationality = American

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| period = 2010–present

| genre = Young adult fiction

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| notableworks = Ascendance Trilogy

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| awards = Whitney Award

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Jennifer Anne{{cite web|title=What is your middle name? What does the A stand for?|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1019267-what-is-your-middle-name-what-does-the-a|date=April 3, 2017|access-date=April 10, 2017|website=Goodreads|publisher=Goodreads Inc.|quote=Anne. It was my grandmother's name.}} Nielsen (born July 10, 1971){{cite web|title=I don't want to be disrespectful or anything (this is for an author study), but when and where were you born?|url=http://www.goodreads.com/questions/1029072-i-don-t-want-to-be-disrespectful-or|date=April 3, 2017|access-date=April 10, 2017|website=Goodreads|publisher=Goodreads Inc.|quote=I was born in Utah on July 10, 1971.}} is an American author known primarily for young adult fiction. Her works include the Ascendance Series, Behind Enemy Lines (one of the books in the Infinity Ring series), The Mark of the Thief, A Night Divided, and the Underworld Chronicles.{{cite web|title=Jennifer A. Nielsen's List of Books|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/jennifer-nielsen#cart/cleanup|date=2015|website=Scholastic Teachers|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|access-date=March 24, 2015}}

Life

Jennifer was born and raised in northern Utah{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.jennielsen.com/about2|date=2013|access-date=March 17, 2017|website=Jennifer A. Nielson}} and completed her first full manuscript, on picking locks, at the age of 11.{{cite web|title=Jennifer A. Nielsen's Biography|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/jennifer-nielsen|date=2015|website=Scholastic Teachers|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|access-date=March 24, 2015}} 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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140506092054/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865602322/And-the-winners-of-the-2013-Whitney-Awards-are-.html?pg=all 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.{{cite news|title=March 31, 2013 THIS WEEK CHILDREN'S MIDDLE GRADE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-03-31/childrens-middle-grade/list.html?date=2013-03-31&category=childrens-middle-grade&pagewanted=print|access-date=July 6, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=March 31, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327044521/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-03-31/childrens-middle-grade/list.html|archive-date=March 27, 2013}} The False Prince received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545284134|title=Children's Book Review: The False Prince|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}

Nielsen lives in Northern Utah and is a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{Cite web|url=https://jennielsen.com/archives/1161|title=Thanks to You… | Jennifer A. Nielsen – Author|access-date=October 15, 2019}}

Selected works

{{Cite book|title=A Night Divided|publisher=Scholastic|year=2015|isbn=978-0545682428}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545682428|title=A Night Divided|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/a-night-divided/|title=A NIGHT DIVIDED {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=The Scourge|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0545682459}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545682459|title=Children's Book Review: The Scourge|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/the-scourge-nielsen/|title=THE SCOURGE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=Resistance|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1338148473}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781338148473|title=Children's Book Review: Resistance|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/resistance-nielsen/|title=RESISTANCE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=Words on Fire|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1338275476}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/words-on-fire/|title=WORDS ON FIRE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=Rescue|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2021|isbn=978-1338620993}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/rescue-nielsen/|title=RESCUE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=Lines of Courage|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2022|isbn=978-1338620931}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/lines-of-courage/|title=LINES OF COURAGE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
Iceberg. Scholastic Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1338795028.
Uprising. Scholastic Press. 2024. ISBN 978-1338795080.

=The Ascendance series=

{{Cite book|title=The False Prince|publisher=Scholastic, Inc.|year=2012|isbn=978-0545284134}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/false-prince/?fb_comment_id=10150553644702561_10152490591212561|title=THE FALSE PRINCE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=The Runaway King|publisher=Scholastic, Inc.|year=2013|isbn=978-0545284158}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545284158|title=Runaway King review|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/runaway-king/|title=THE RUNAWAY KING {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=The Shadow Throne|publisher=Scholastic, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0545284172}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/the-shadow-throne/|title=THE SHADOW THRONE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
The Captive Kingdom. Scholastic, Inc. 2020. {{ISBN|1338551086}}{{Cite web|last=Lodge|first=Sally|date=December 17, 2019|title=Jennifer A. Nielsen Expands Her 'Ascendance' Trilogy|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/81998-jennifer-a-nielsen-expands-her-ascendance-trilogy.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Publishers Weekly}}
The Shattered Castle. Scholastic, Inc. 2021. ISBN 9781338275902

= Traitor's Game series =

{{Cite book|title=The Traitor's Game|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1338045376}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781338045376|title=Children's Book Review: The Traitor's Game|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/traitors-game/|title=THE TRAITOR'S GAME {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=The Deceiver's Heart|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1338045413}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/the-deceivers-heart/|title=THE DECEIVER'S HEART {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
The Warrior's Curse. Scholastic Press. 2020 {{ISBN|1338045458}}.{{Cite book|last=Nielsen|first=Jennifer|title=The Warrior's Curse|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2020|isbn=978-1338045451}}

= Mark of the Thief series =

{{Cite book|title=Mark of the Thief|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0545561549}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545561549|title=Children's Book Review: Mark of the Thief|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}
{{Cite book|title=Rise of the Wolf|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0545562041}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-nielsen/rise-of-the-wolf/|title=RISE OF THE WOLF {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
{{Cite book|title=Wrath of the Storm|publisher=Scholastic Press|year=2017|isbn=978-0545562072}}