Jennifer A. Nielsen





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Jennifer lives at the base of a very tall mountain in Northern Utah with her husband, three children, and a naughty puppy. She loves the smell of rainy days, hot chocolate, and old books, preferably all at once. She is a former speech teacher, theater director, and enjoyed a brief but disastrous career as a door-to-door pollster. In her spare time, Jennifer tends to panic, wondering what she has forgotten to do that has allowed her any spare time.


FIX THE PAST…SAVE THE FUTURE


In the fall of 2011, I got a phone call from Scholastic, asking if I was interested in a book series they were putting together. “History is broken,” they said, “and these breaks are leading to a coming Cataclysm in which the world will be destroyed. Three kids travel through time to fix the breaks and save the world.”


I was sold, just like that. I gushed out semi-in...

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Published on May 22, 2013 10:45 • 33 views
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date: May 01, 2013 12:00AM
location: YA Reads for Teachers (And Any Other Adults!), The United States
description: We have yet again another special treat in May! Due to recommendations from members of this group I approached Jennifer Nielsen, author of THE ASCENDANCE TRILOGY. Many of you raved about the first book in the trilogy so I knew we just had to invite her to be with us. The second book in the trilogy was published in early March so it is “hot off the press”.

You are going to get the opportunity to talk to Jennifer about BOTH books! She’s agreed, and even suggested, we read and discuss both books in...more

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"Yep, I’m going to give away an ARC for THE RUNAWAY KING. Maybe two, if I’m really feeling nice… Details in a minute. But first, let me give some brief updates of news. First, is that the paperback for THE FALSE PRINCE is now available to purchase...." Read more of this blog post »
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A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.C.S. Lewis
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“Master Graves was incensed and said, as punishment for my disruption, I would have to write my letters an extra ten times that day.
"Ten times the better I'll know them, then." I said. "How strange that you should punish me by ensuring I come out more educated than Roden, who has tried to obey you.”
Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

“A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all.”
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“Hail His Majesty, the scourge of my life," Conner said to Roden and Tobias as he stomped up the stairs. "I fear the devils no longer, because I have the worst of them right here in my home!”
Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince

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Jennifer Nielsen Sandra wrote: "Thanks so much for friending me! :)"

Back atcha, Sandra!


message 22: by Sandra

Sandra Thanks so much for friending me! :)


Jennifer Nielsen Thanks Jeann, and for the lovely review!


message 20: by Jeann

Jeann Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for accepting my friend request. I absolutely loved the False Prince and have reviewed it on my blog here: http://happyindulgence.wordpress.com/...

Looking forward to reading Runaway Prince!


message 19: by Cindy

Cindy Chung OMG!!! i wish you could chose the date, if you could, i bet you would release the book a day or two after the books was published!!! Oh, and BTW, good luck editing!!!
another day closer to the book release!!


Jennifer Nielsen Cindy - the crazy thing about this business is the release date is set by the publisher. RUNAWAY KING has actually been finished for several months, but it takes time to do all the printing and distributing. I'm actually doing editing for book 3 right now. Crazy right?

Have a great day! (One day closer to the book's release...)


message 17: by Cindy

Cindy Chung gahh! whew!!! thx Jennifer!!!!! can u make it a little quicker? I will SOOOO enjoy it!!! I can't contain my excitment!!!!!!!!


Jennifer Nielsen Cindy -

No worries, THE RUNAWAY KING is out on March 1, so there's still a few more weeks. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as FALSE PRINCE.


message 15: by Cindy

Cindy Chung Gahhh!!!!!!!! Plz answer me as SOON as u can, plz Jennifer, WHEN IS THE RUNAWAY KING COMING OUT!!!!!!!! if it came out...I CAN'T BELIVE I MISSED IT!!!!!!!! GAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
im just really excited, sorry


Jennifer Nielsen Thank you Jocelyn. I hope yours was great as well!


message 13: by Jocelyn

Jocelyn Have a great holiday Jennifer!


message 12: by Cindy

Cindy Chung :)


Jennifer Nielsen Thank you Cindy. Have a wonderful holiday too!


message 10: by Cindy

Cindy Chung Merry Christmas Jennifer! I hope you have a great Christmas!!


Jennifer Nielsen Graeme wrote: "Hi Jennifer, Many thanks for your friendship... on behalf of myself, my 3 children and our dog "tyson" the maltese. Sounds like the title to a book... mmmmm"

Ah, many thanks for friending me! Best wishes...


Graeme Stokes Hi Jennifer, Many thanks for your friendship... on behalf of myself, my 3 children and our dog "tyson" the maltese. Sounds like the title to a book... mmmmm


Jennifer Nielsen Deidre wrote: "Thanks for the friendship--I was one of the BYU students who got to see you at the Provo library; thanks for speaking there!"

Awesome - thank you for coming. When you get a chance to read FALSE PRINCE, I sincerely hope you will enjoy it.


Deidre Thanks for the friendship--I was one of the BYU students who got to see you at the Provo library; thanks for speaking there!


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Alein Thank you for your friendship!


Jennifer Nielsen Thanks Steven - I was thrilled with what they wrote, and even happier to see other papers pick up the review too.

Steven wrote: "Jennifer, thanks for the friendship. That LA Times review is pretty sweet :)"


Steven Stickler Jennifer, thanks for the friendship. That LA Times review is pretty sweet :)


Jennifer Nielsen Absolutely! So happy to be on Goodreads with you!

Pamela wrote: "Hey Jennifer...Thanks for accepting my friend request."


Pamela Hey Jennifer...Thanks for accepting my friend request.


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