Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best selling American author who is best known for the 2015 young adult book, ''

All the Bright Places ''All the Bright Places'' is a young adult fiction novel by Jennifer Niven which is based on the author's personal story. The novel was first published on January 6, 2015 through Knopf Publishing Group and is Niven's first young adult book. A fi ...

''.

Life and career

Niven grew up in

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. As well as writing novels, Niven has also worked as a screenwriter, journalist and an associate producer at ABC Television. Her first two books were non-fiction narratives called ''The Ice Master'' (published in 2000) and '' Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic'' (published in 2003). In 2010, she published a memoir of her years in high school called ''The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town''. She began writing a series of historical novels in 2009. The first, ''Velva Jean Learns to Drive'', was based on a short film of the same name that she had made. It won an Emmy Award and the Colin Higgins Award for Screenwriting. The series also includes, ''Velva Jean Learns to Fly'', ''Becoming Clementine'' and ''American Blonde''. Niven's first young adult novel, ''

'' was released in 2015. The narrative follows two teenagers, Violet and Finch who are struggling with mental health issues. It won a 2015

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choice award for Best Young Adult Fiction and was longlisted for the 2015

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. It has been adapted into a film by Netflix and stars

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, Justice Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Alexandra Shipp, and Luke Wilson. Production on the film began in October 2018 and it was released on 28 February 2020. She released another bestselling young adult novel in 2016 called ''Holding Up the Universe'', and her third young adult novel, ''Breathless'', was released in September, 2020.

Bibliography

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'' (2015) *''Holding Up the Universe'' (2016) *''Breathless'' (2020) *''Take Me With You When You Go'' with

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(2021) Velva Jean Series *''Velva Jean Learns to Drive'' (2009) *''Velva Jean Learns to Fly'' (2011) *''Becoming Clementine'' (2012) *''American Blonde'' (2014) Non-fiction *''The Ice Master'' (2000) *''Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic'' (2003) *''The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town'' (2010) * ''Ada Blackjack, survivante de l'Arctique'', éditions Paulsen, 2019

References

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