Author biography - jemima

Jennifer Donnelly is an inspirational and incredible writer! She was born in Port Chester, New York on August 16, 1963. Her childhood was divided between Rye and Port Leyden in New York. As a child, Jennifer loved to write and often inflicted really dreadful poems and stories on her family and friends. She loved to read as well, the highlight of her week was her trip to the library. At age 25 after finishing studying at the University of Rochester, she moved to Brooklyn, New York and began to write. After ten years of work she produced her first novel, "The Tea Rose". She then wrote another novel to follow up the tea rose called "The Winter Rose" and is in the process of writing "The Wild Rose" to complete the trilogy. Her second novel "A Northern Light" also known as "A Gathering Light" in the UK (due to other books having similar titles) is her biggest success to date! In 2004 "A Northern Light" won the Carnegie medal in the UK and the Los Angeles times book prize. It was also a runner up for the Printz award from the American library association. In October 2010 she launched her third novel, the revolution which was named best book of 2010 by Amazon.com. Jennifer Donnelly currently lives in New York's, Hudson valley with her husband, daughter and rescued greyhound.

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