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Jennifer Donnelly

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Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Jennifer Donnelly is the author of fourteen novels - Beastly Beauty, Poisoned, Stepsister, Lost in a Book, These Shallow Graves, Sea Spell, Dark Tide, Rogue Wave, Deep Blue, Revolution, A Northern Light, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose and The Wild Rose - and Humble Pie, a picture book for children. She is a co-author of Fatal Throne, which explores the lives of King Henry VIII's six wives, for which she wrote the part of Anna of Cleves, Henry's fourth wife.

In 2023, she published Molly's Letter, the first in a series of novella-length stories called Rose Petals set in the world of her three-volume Tea Rose series -- followed by Where Roses Fall in August, 2024.

Jennifer grew up in New York State, in Lewis and Westchester counties, and attended ...more

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I loved your Tea Rose novels. Do you have any plans to write any more novels geared toward adults?
Jennifer Donnelly At the moment I'm too busy with middle grade and young adult, but I do hope to write more novels for adults again! …moreAt the moment I'm too busy with middle grade and young adult, but I do hope to write more novels for adults again! (less)
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Hi! My sister and I are huge fans of your Waterfire Saga, and we can't wait to get book 2!! I have two questions: 1) Where did you get the idea for the Waterfire Saga? 2) How do you get over writer's block? Thank you!!! :)
Jennifer Donnelly Hi Jamie,

Thank you! Here's the answer to your first question: http://www.jenniferdonnelly.com/db_in...

And as for Writer's Block -- I don't believe in …moreHi Jamie,

Thank you! Here's the answer to your first question: http://www.jenniferdonnelly.com/db_in...

And as for Writer's Block -- I don't believe in it. If I get stuck, I know it means I haven't thought hard enough about a particular problem. At that point, I leave my computer screen, get paper and a pen, and start writing out questions. Like, Why is this scene boring? Why is this character flat? Or even, Why does this chapter stink? The answers start coming....kind of like from a Ouija board...and eventually I see what's wrong and get myself unstuck. Hope that helps! (less)
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Average rating: 4.04 · 299,414 ratings · 34,634 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors
A Northern Light
3.83 avg rating — 46,391 ratings — published 2003 — 67 editions
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The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose,...
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Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)
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These Shallow Graves
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A Company of Shadows Is Coming December 1!

A Company of Shadows, my new Rose Petals story, comes out on Tuesday, December 1 — and I could not be more excited to tell you about it!

Charlie Bristow — Joe and Fiona’s son — is seventeen, a private in the British Army, and in France in the spring of 1918. He’s sent across enemy lines on a mission that could cost him everything, and his only contact on the other side is a French agent who is noth

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A Company of Shadows Is Coming December 1!

A Company of Shadows, my new Rose Petals story, comes out on Tuesday, December 1 — and I could not be more excited to tell you about it!Charlie Bristo Read more of this blog post »
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Jennifer Donnelly answered Mary Shafer's question:
Hi, Jennifer. I can't help wondering if you patterned India Selwyn Jones of The Winter Rose after the real-life Dr. Eleanor Graves of London? Clearly, not completely, since India comes from money and Dr. Graves anything but. But some of the similarities about the rest of their lives are astounding. Really enjoying the series, by the way.
Jennifer Donnelly
Hi Mary, Thank you for your question and please forgive my very late reply! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed the series -- thank you! Dr. Graves' name does not ring a bell, but you've piqued my interest and I'll definitely look her up. Elizabeth See Full Answer
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“Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
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“Right now I want a word that describes the feeling that you get--a cold sick feeling, deep down inside--when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. And you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. And that you will never again quite be the same person you were.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
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“Life’s all about the revolution, isn’t it? The one inside, I mean. You can’t change history. You can’t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
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