Adrienne Kress is a Canadian author and actress.

Career

Adrienne Kress is the author of the internationally published and award-winning children's novels ''Alex and the Ironic Gentleman (Selected by the

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reading suggestions)'' and ''Timothy and the Dragon's Gate'' ( Scholastic), as well as the Young Adult novels, ''The Friday Society'' (

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) and ''Outcast'' (

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). In 2016 and 2017 she released two new Middle Grade novels, each the first in an upcoming series: ''The Explorers: The Door in the Alley'' (

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) and ''Hatter Madigan: Ghost in the H.A.T.B.O.X.'', the latter in collaboration with

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bestselling author

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(set in the same world as his ''Looking Glass Wars'' trilogy). ''Hatter Madigan: Ghost in the H.A.T.B.O.X.'' was announced on The View with Adrienne

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ing as Alyss Heart, one of the series' protagonists, along with Whoopie Goldberg who supported the

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campaign for the creation of a Looking Glass Wars graphic novel and bought a reward to have the character ''The Queen of Clubs'' in the book series based on her. Also in 2016, her essay appeared alongside

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and

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in the non-fiction anthology ''The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls'' (Bedside Press). Spring 2018 will see the release of the second book in The Explorers series: ''The Reckless Rescue.'' Adrienne has also been featured on

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for her work incorporating the martial art of

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made famous by

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into ''The Friday Society''.

Film Adaptations

According to

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and

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, the film rights to ''Alex and the Ironic Gentleman'' have been bought by

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and

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is adapting ''The Explorers'' with

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Nominee

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attached as producer.

Awards

*''Alex and the Ironic Gentleman'' won the ''Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award'' in the UK and was nominated for the ''Red Cedar'' in Canada. *''Timothy and the Dragon's Gate'' was nominated for the ''

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'' (USA) and the ''Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award'' (Canada).

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Kress, Adrienne. The Friday Society'' (Dial Penguin azorbill Canada2012) * ''Kress, Adrienne. Outcast'' (Diversion Books, 2013) * ''Kress, Adrienne. Hatter Madigan: Ghost in the H.A.T.B.O.X.'' (Automatic Publishing, 2016)

The Explorers series

*''Kress, Adrienne. The Explorers: The Door in the Alley'' (Delacorte Random House, 2017) *''Kress, Adrienne. The Explorers: The Reckless Rescue'' (Delacorte Random House, 2018) *''Kress, Adrienne. The Explorers: The Quest for the Kid'' (Delacorte Random House, 2019)

Bendy and the Ink Machine series

* ''Kress, Adrienne. Bendy and the Ink Machine: Dreams Come To Life'' (Scholastic, 2019) * ''Kress, Adrienne. Bendy: The Illusion of Living'' (Scholastic, 2021) * ''Kress, Adrienne. Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Lost Ones'' (Scholastic, 2021)

Alex and the Ironic Gentleman series

* ''Kress, Adrienne. Alex and the Ironic Gentleman (Weinstein Books cholastic UK/Canada2007)'' * ''Kress, Adrienne. Timothy and the Dragon's Gate'' ''(Weinstein Books cholastic UK/Canada' 2008)

Short fiction

*Kress, Adrienne. "The Clockwork Corset", ''Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances'' dited by Trisha Telep(Running Press Kids, 2011)

Non-Fiction

* ''Kress, Adrienne. "''The Inevitable Decline of Decadence''", The Girl Who Was on Fire - Movie Edition'' dited by Leah Wilson(Smart Pop Books, 2012) * Kress, Adrienne. "The Emergence of YA", ''The Complete Guide to Writing for Young Adults'' dited by Gabrielle Harbowy(Dragon Moon Press, 2014) * Kress, Adrienne. "I'm Your Biggest Fan", ''The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls dited by Hope Nicholson' (Bedside Press, 2016)

References

External links

Official Website

Goodreads Page

Amazon Page
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