Meagan Spooner

Meagan Spooner was raised in the United States and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.{{cite news |last1=Nachum |first1=Stav |title=Jefferson alumnus Meagan Spooner answers questions about her writing career |url=https://www.tjtoday.org/11237/entertainment/jefferson-alumnus-meagan-spooner-answers-questions-about-writing-career-2/ |newspaper=tjTODAY |access-date=August 20, 2022 |date=March 23, 2014}} She graduated from Hamilton College with a degree in playwriting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meaganspooner.com/about/|title=About – Meagan Spooner|website=meaganspooner.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-06}} She has spent time living in Australia and has traveled to all seven continents,{{Citation|last=Epic Reads|title=Epic Author Facts: Meagan Spooner {{!}} Hunted|date=March 14, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGPDSnBjMw|accessdate=2018-04-06}} but currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meaganspooner.com/about/|title=About – Meagan Spooner|website=meaganspooner.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-06}}

Spooner's debut, Skylark, was published by Carolrhoda Lab in 2012,{{Cite news|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120802005109/en/Author-Meagan-Spooner%E2%80%99s-Debut-YA-Skylark-Introduces|title=Author Meagan Spooner's Debut YA Novel Skylark Introduces Readers to a Dark World Powered by Children|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}} and followed by sequels Shadowlark and Lark Ascending.

Spooner's Starbound trilogy began with These Broken Stars, co-authored with Amie Kaufman, published by Disney Hyperion. The book was a New York Times bestseller{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/01/18/young-adult/|title=Young Adult Books – Best Sellers – January 18, 2015 – The New York Times|work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}} and won an Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult novel of the year. The book was also shortlisted for a Golden Inky in the Australian Inky Awards and was named the Huffington Post Best YA Novel of 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-parkin/top-10-ya-books-of-2013_b_4454631.html|title=Top 10 Young Adult Books of 2013|last=Parkin|first=Lisa|date=December 17, 2013|website=HuffPost|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-06}} The series is currently in development for TV with Freeform in the US and Sky UK, with MGM the studio and Eric Balfour and Warren Littlefield producing.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/these-broken-stars-sci-fi-series-eric-balfour-warren-littlefield-mgm-freeform-sky-1201748060/|title='These Broken Stars' Sci-Fi Series From Eric Balfour & Warren Littlefield Eyed By Freeform & Sky|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=May 3, 2016|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/60749-these-broken-stars-heads-to-television.html|title='These Broken Stars' Heads to Television|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}} The sequel, This Shattered World was a nominee for the Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel.

Spooner began a series of historical-style retellings in 2017 with Hunted, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the Russian story of the Firebird.{{Cite news|url=http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/hunted-meagan-spooner/|title=Hunted by Meagan Spooner – Smart Bitches, Trashy Books|work=Smart Bitches, Trashy Books|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}} The book was given a starred review by Kirkus.{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/meagan-spooner/hunted-spooner/|title=HUNTED by Meagan Spooner {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}} Spooner studied archery to prepare for writing the book.{{Citation|last=Epic Reads|title=Epic Author Facts: Meagan Spooner {{!}} Hunted|date=March 14, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGPDSnBjMw|accessdate=2018-04-06}}

Spooner's next series with Kaufman began with Unearthed in January 2018. In June 2017, ahead of the book's publication, it was announced that film rights had been acquired by Columbia Pictures. Director Doug Liman is attached to the project, set to produce alongside Cross Creek Productions. Screenwriters Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth are penning the script.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/columbia-cross-creak-doug-liman-team-sci-fi-unearthed-1011145|title=Columbia, Cross Creek and Doug Liman Team for Sci-Fi 'Unearthed' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/doug-liman-unearthed-columbia-cross-creek-1202457457/|title=Doug Liman to Direct 'Unearthed' for Columbia and Cross Creek|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=June 7, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}}

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;Skylark Trilogy

1. Skylark (2012)
2. Shadowlark (2013)
3. Lark Ascending (2014)

;Starbound Trilogy (co-authored with Amie Kaufman)

1. These Broken Stars (2013)
2. This Shattered World (2014)
3. Their Fractured Light (2015)

;Retellings series

1. Hunted (2017)
2. Sherwood (2019)

;Unearthed series (co-authored with Amie Kaufman)

1. Unearthed (2018)
2. Undying (2019)

;The Other Side of the Sky series

1. {{cite book |author1=Kaufman, Amie |author2=Meagan Spooner |author1-link=Amie Kaufman |name-list-style=amp |title=The Other Side of the Sky |location= |publisher=HarperTeen |year=2020 }}

;The Other Side of the Sky

• {{cite journal |author=Chandler, Benjamin |date=January–February 2021 |title=The End of the World: Three New Young Adult Novels |journal=Australian Book Review |volume=428 |pages=47–48}}

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