Jeanne DuPrau





Jeanne DuPrau

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January 01, 1944 in San Francisco, The United States

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Jeanne DuPrau spends several hours of every day at her computer, thinking up sentences. She has this quote taped to her wall: "A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people" (Thomas Mann).
This gives her courage, because she finds writing very hard. So many words to choose from! So many different things that could happen in a story at any moment! Writing is one tough decision after another.
But it's also the most satisfying thing she knows how to do. So she keeps doing it. So far, she has written four novels, six books of non-fiction, and quite a few essays and stories.
Jeanne DuPrau doesn't write every minute of every day. She also putters around in her garden. She lives in California, where it's easy to grow ev...more


Average rating: 3.70 · 83,287 ratings · 8,685 reviews · 21 distinct works
The City of Ember (Books of...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 51,332 ratings — published 2003 — 29 editions
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The People of Sparks (Books...
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 16,050 ratings — published 2004 — 21 editions
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The Prophet of Yonwood (Boo...
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 8,904 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
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The Diamond of Darkhold (Bo...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 6,562 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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The Books of Ember (Books o...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2008
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Car Trouble
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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Ember: : City of Ember, the...
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2003
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The Earth House
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
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Adoption: The Facts, Feelin...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions
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Talespinners
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The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Prophet of Yonwood The Diamond of Darkhold
Books of Ember (4 books)
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“The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.”
Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember

“When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.”
Jeanne DuPrau, The People of Sparks

“There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.
-Clary”
Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember

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