Veronica Roth

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| caption = Roth at the film premiere of Divergent in California on March 18, 2014

| birth_name = Veronica Anne Roth{{cite journal |url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SUIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=SUIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1618006084&source=Bookmark&u=tel_s_tsla&jsid=f46660773de6660e68d08def93c1650d |title=Veronica Roth |date=September 5, 2014 |journal=Newsmakers |volume=2 |publisher=Gale Student Resources in Context |access-date=20 November 2016}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|08|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Novelist, short story writer

| alma_mater = Northwestern University (2010)

| period = 2011–present

| genre = Young adult, dystopian fantasy, adventure

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| notableworks = Divergent trilogy

| spouse = {{marriage|Nelson Fitch|2011}}

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| website = {{URL|http://www.veronicarothbooks.com}}

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Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Personal and early life

Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988, in New York City, and was raised primarily in Barrington, Illinois.{{cite news |url=http://evanstonroundtable.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4435 |title='Divergent': A Bestseller Built in Evanston |last=Wainwright |first=Natalie |newspaper=Evanston Roundtable |date=July 5, 2011 |access-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017020534/http://evanstonroundtable.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4435 |url-status=dead }} Her mother, Barbara Ross, is a painter who resides in Barrington.{{cite web |url=https://365barrington.com/2013/10/06/248-veronica-roth-divergent-trilogy-interview/ |title=365BarringtonTV Interviews DIVERGENT Author Veronica Roth |author1=Lizluby |last2=Goetze |first2=Catherine |date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=October 23, 2013}} She is the youngest of three children. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and her mother remarried to Frank Ross, a financial consultant for landscaping companies. Her brother and sister live in the Chicago area.

Roth is of German and Polish descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.divergentfans.com/profiles/blogs/let-s-recap-the-hour-long-chat-with-veronica-roth-shall-we-insurg |title=Missed the Twitter Chat? Not to Worry~Full Transcript of Veronica Roth's Q & A Session [5/1] #InsurgentDay |author=First Jumper |date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2014 |publisher=Divergent Fans (unofficial fan site) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315011620/http://www.divergentfans.com/profiles/blogs/let-s-recap-the-hour-long-chat-with-veronica-roth-shall-we-insurg |archive-date=March 15, 2014 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/roth-s-child-divergent-author-talks-1.1745951 |title=Roth's child: Divergent author talks |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=April 4, 2014 |author=Clarke, Donald |access-date=April 28, 2015}} Roth says of her father: "He had a job, and worked far away. Now I have a good relationship with my stepdad."{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/i-dont-want-smut-on-the-page-divergent-author-veronica-roth-on-sex-and-teen-fiction-9035852.html |title='I don't want smut on the page': Divergent author Veronica Roth on sex and teen fiction |author=Kidd, James |date=January 5, 2014 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=September 15, 2014}} Her maternal grandparents were concentration camp survivors, whose religious convictions pushed her mother away from religion. Roth learned about Christianity by attending a Christian Bible study during her high school years, and has since stayed with it.{{cite web |url=http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/christian-take-on-banning-speak.html |title=Christian Take on Banning SPEAK |publisher=VeronicaRothBooks |work=blogspot |author=Roth, Veronica |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024220410/http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/christian-take-on-banning-speak.html |url-status=dead }}

Roth went to Grove Avenue Elementary School, Prairie Middle School, and Barrington High School. After one year at Carleton College, she transferred to Northwestern University for its creative writing program.{{cite web |url=http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2010/05/roth.html |author=Leopold, Wendy |date=May 5, 2010 |title=A Book Contract Already! Weinberg undergraduate gets a three-book deal from HarperCollins |publisher=Northwestern University News Center |access-date=August 29, 2013}}

Roth married photographer Nelson Fitch in 2011.{{cite web |last=Bock|first=Cathy and David |title=Veronica and Nelson Married |url=http://cathydavidphoto.com/chicago-photographer-weddings/evanston-illinois-wedding-photography-womens-club |publisher=Cathy and David Photographers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507122122/http://cathydavidphoto.com/chicago-photographer-weddings/evanston-illinois-wedding-photography-womens-club |archive-date=May 7, 2013}} They reside in the Chicago area.

Career

Roth wrote her first book, Divergent, while on winter break in her senior year at Northwestern University, and found an agent by the following March.{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-21/entertainment/chi-veronica-roth-profile-20131021_1_veronica-roth-allegiant-anderson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022153043/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-21/entertainment/chi-veronica-roth-profile-20131021_1_veronica-roth-allegiant-anderson |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |title=The next YA superstar? |last=Borrelli |first=Christopher |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=October 23, 2013}}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/04/17/veronica-roth-divergent-reveal-video/2091139/ |author=Deutsch, Lindsay |title=Veronica Roth 'Divergent' video reveal: Book 3 is ... |newspaper=USA Today |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2012}} Her career took off rapidly with the novel's success; the publishing rights sold before she graduated from college in 2010 and the film rights sold mid-March 2011, before the novel was printed in April 2011.{{cite news |url=http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2012-03-29/exclusive-trailer-and-q38a-insurgent-by-veronica-roth/659768/1 |author=Truitt, Brian |title=Exclusive trailer and interview: 'Insurgent' by Veronica Roth |newspaper=USA Today |date=March 29, 2012 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331181242/http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2012-03-29/exclusive-trailer-and-q38a-insurgent-by-veronica-roth/659768/1 |archive-date=March 31, 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/books/review/young-adult-books-divergent-by-veronica-roth.html?_r=1 |title=In This Dystopia, Teens Must Choose Wisely |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |author=Dominus, Susan}}{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-books-0423-veronica-roth-20110422-story.html |title=Chicago novelist sells film rights |author=Crowder, Courtney |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=October 12, 2014}} Her first two novels sold over five million copies worldwide by fall 2013, just as the film based on the first novel was wrapping up.{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/veronica-roth-divergent-series-allegiant-ya-dystopia/Content?oid=11293593 |title=Veronica Roth divides to conquer |last=Potter |first=Janet |newspaper=Chicago Reader |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=19 November 2016}}

Roth sold the film rights to The Divergent Series to Summit Entertainment.{{cite web |url=http://screencrave.com/2011-07-21/comic-con-2011-veronica-roth-from-divergent-press-conference/ |title=Comic-Con 2011: Veronica Roth from Divergent Press Conference |publisher=Screencrave.com |author=Elfman, Mali |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=March 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208130947/http://screencrave.com/2011-07-21/comic-con-2011-veronica-roth-from-divergent-press-conference/ |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/07/23/divergent-author-veronica-roth-on-her-film-adaptation/ |author=Kung, Michelle |title='Divergent' Author Veronica Roth on Her Film Adaptation |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=July 23, 2011 | access-date=13 April 2012 }} The filming of Divergent, the adaptation of the first book in the series, started in April 2013, and the film was released in March 2014. On March 21, 2014, Lionsgate officially greenlit the film adaptation of Insurgent.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/divergent-box-office/ |title='Divergent' Debuts to $4.9 Million, Lionsgate Greenlights 'Insurgent' |author=Lang, Brent |website=The Wrap |date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=March 22, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/03/06/divergent-sequel-will-film-in-atlanta-but-what-about-chicago/ |title='Divergent' sequel will film in Atlanta, but what about Chicago? |author=Gomez, Luis |date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune }} The film was released on March 20, 2015.{{cite journal |url=https://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/ |title=Insurgent Tops Weekend Box Office But Misses Divergent Mark |date=March 22, 2015 |author=Linshi, Jack |journal=Time Magazine |access-date=March 22, 2015}} On April 11, 2014, Summit Entertainment announced that the third book, Allegiant, would be split into two films, part 1 and part 2. Former Part 1 is called The Divergent Series: Allegiant, and was released on March 18, 2016, and former Part 2 is named The Divergent Series: Ascendant, and was scheduled to be released on March 24, 2017.{{cite news |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/10/divergent-allegiant-new-titles |title=The last two Divergent movies have titles: Allegiant and Ascendant |author=Coggan, Devan |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Lionsgate Splitting Third 'Divergent' Book 'Allegiant' into Two Films |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/lionsgate-splitting-third-divergent-book-allegiant-into-two-films-1201155988/ |author=McNary, Dave |newspaper=Variety |date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=November 2, 2015}} The theatrical release for Ascendant was canceled in favor of it being a television film and spinoff series.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/lionsgate-bullish-outlook-divergent-tv-spinoff-1201830926/|title=Lionsgate Offers Confident Outlook for 'Divergent' TV Spinoff: 'There's a Tremendous Fandom' |last=McNary|first=Dave |date=August 4, 2016 |newspaper=Variety |access-date=February 6, 2019}} The television film and spinoff series were later canceled.{{cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/divergent-franchise-disaster |title=How "Divergent" Turned Into A Disaster |last=Arthur |first=Kate |website=BuzzFeed News |date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2019}}

Roth has written four short stories from character Tobias Eaton's point of view. "The Transfer" is the first. It recounts some of Tobias's life before Divergent. It was released on September 3, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.harperteen.com/books/Transfer-Divergent-Story-Veronica-Roth/?isbn=9780062285638 |title=The Transfer: A Divergent Story |publisher=HarperCollins |access-date=October 23, 2013}} The second story is "The Initiate".{{cite web |url=http://www.harperteen.com/books/Initiate-Divergent-Story-Unabridged/?isbn=9780062316134?AA=index_authorIntro_37588 |title=The Initiate: A Divergent Story unabridged |access-date=October 23, 2013 |publisher=HarperCollins}} The stories are sold separately as e-books and also bound together under the title Four: A Divergent Story Collection.{{cite web |url=http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2013/12/news-about-four-stories_7.html |title=News About the "Four" Stories |author=Roth, Veronica |date=December 7, 2013 |access-date=January 8, 2014 }} The last of Tobias's stories are "The Son" and "The Traitor".{{cite web |url=http://www.harperteen.com/books/Four-Divergent-Story-Collection-Unabridged/?isbn=9780062316165 |title=Four |publisher=HarperCollins |access-date=October 23, 2013}} The story collection was published in several forms in July 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/veronica-roth/four-divergent-story-collection.htm |title=Four: A Divergent Story Collection |publisher=Fantastic Fiction |access-date=October 12, 2014}} The novella Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story is chapter 13 of Divergent from Tobias's point of view, and was released for Kindle in 2012 in the U.S. and in 2013 in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/veronica-roth/free-four.htm |title=Free Four |publisher=Fantastic Fiction |access-date=November 2, 2015}}

HarperCollins announced a two-book deal with Roth for publication of two young adult novels. The first book, Carve the Mark, was published on January 17, 2017{{cite web |title=HarperCollins Publishers Announces Two-Book Deal with Veronica Roth |url=http://corporate.harpercollins.com/us/press-releases/426/HARPERCOLLINS%20PUBLISHERS%20ANNOUNCES%20TWO-BOOK%20DEAL%20WITH%20VERONICA%20ROTH |publisher=HarperCollins |date=March 2, 2015 |access-date=December 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230954/http://corporate.harpercollins.com/us/press-releases/426/HARPERCOLLINS%20PUBLISHERS%20ANNOUNCES%20TWO-BOOK%20DEAL%20WITH%20VERONICA%20ROTH |archive-date=September 5, 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/05/veronica-roth-carve-the-mark|title=Veronica Roth reveals Carve the Mark, first book in sci-fi duology|last=Biedenharn|first=Isabella |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=September 18, 2016}} and the sequel, The Fates Divide, was released on April 10, 2018.{{cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/veronica-roth-dots-her-latest-novel-with-little-pieces-of-chicago/|title=Veronica Roth dots new novel 'The Fates Divide' with 'little pieces' of Chicago|last=Svachula|first=Amanda|date=April 20, 2018|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=May 1, 2018}} An epilogue to Divergent, We Can Be Mended, was announced in December 2016. It could either be purchased independently or included as an extra with a Carve the Mark pre-order.

In October 2018, HarperCollins announced another two-book deal with Roth. The first is a collection of short stories titled The End and Other Beginnings that take place in a future with advanced technology. One of the stories in the collection, "Inertia", has been optioned for film adaptation by Fox 2000 Pictures.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/78221-harpercollins-acquires-two-books-by-veronica-roth.html |title=HarperCollins Acquires Two Books by Veronica Roth |last=Kantor |first=Emma |date=October 4, 2018 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=October 1, 2019}}

John Joseph Adams Books acquired Roth's book Chosen Ones for publication on April 6, 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.johnjosephadams.com/2018/08/02/news-the-chosen-one-by-veronica-roth-acquired-for-john-joseph-adams-books-houghton-mifflin-harcourt/ |title=NEWS: THE CHOSEN ONE by Veronica Roth Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |date=August 2, 2018 |website=John Joseph Adams |access-date=October 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/books/2019/09/30/veronica-roth-chosen-ones-preview/ |title=Chosen Ones: See an exclusive preview of Veronica Roth's thrilling adult debut |last=Canfield |first=David |date=September 30, 2019 |website=EW.com |access-date=October 1, 2019}}

Bibliography

= [[Divergent (book series)|The ''Divergent'' Series Trilogy]] =

Divergent (2011)
Insurgent (2012)
Allegiant (2013)

= The ''Shards and Ashes'' anthology=

"Hearken" (2013), a short story{{cite web |url=http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2013/02/excerpt-from-hearken-from-shards-and.html |title=Excerpt from "Hearken," from the Shards and Ashes anthology! |last=Roth |first=Veronica |work=Veronica Roth |date=February 19, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218162011/http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2013/02/excerpt-from-hearken-from-shards-and.html |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

= The ''Carve the Mark'' duology=

Carve the Mark (2017)
The Fates Divide (2018){{cite book |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062426956/the-fates-divide |title=The Fates Divide |last=Roth |first=Veronica |work=HarperCollins Publishers |date=April 16, 2018 |publisher=HarperCollins |access-date=May 16, 2018 |isbn=978-0-06-242695-6}}

= ''Curse Bearer'' series=

When Among Crows (2024)
To Clutch a Razor (2025)

===Standalone Works===

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future (2019)
Ark (2019)
Chosen Ones (2020)
Poster Girl (2022)
Arch-Conspirator (2023)
Void (2023)

Awards

2011 Goodreads Favorite Book for Divergent{{Cite web|title=Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Favorite Book of 2011!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/favorite-book-of-2011|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Goodreads}}
2011 Goodreads Choice Award in Best Young Adult Fantasy (& Science Fiction) for Divergent{{Cite web|title=Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fantasy-books-2011|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Goodreads}}
2012 Best Goodreads Author for Insurgent{{Cite web|title=Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Goodreads Author!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-goodreads-author-2012|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Goodreads}}
2012 Goodreads Choice Award in Best Young Adult Fantasy (& Science Fiction) for Insurgent{{Cite web|title=Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fantasy-books-2012|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Goodreads}}
2013 Goodreads Choice Award in Best Young Adult Fantasy (& Science Fiction) for Allegiant{{Cite web|title=Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fantasy-books-2013|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Goodreads}}