Jennifer Donnelly

: January 5, 2024
: Young Adult Author

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Full Name	Jennifer Donnelly
Occupation	Young Adult Author
Date Of Birth	Aug 16, 1963(1963-08-16)
Age	61
Birthplace	Port Chester
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Leo

Jennifer Donnelly Biography

Name	Jennifer Donnelly
Birthday	Aug 16
Birth Year	1963
Place Of Birth	Port Chester
Home Town	New York State
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Leo

Jennifer Donnelly is one of the most popular and richest Young Adult Author who was born on August 16, 1963 in Port Chester, New York State, United States. Known best for her Carnegie Medal-winning young adult historical fiction work A Northern Light, Donnelly also penned such popular novels as Revolution, The Tea Rose, and The Winter Rose.

She and Lauren Tarshis are both American writers of historical fiction and young adult literature.

Jennifer Donnelly (born August 16, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction best known for the historical novel A Northern Light.

Donnelly returned to New York at age 25, moving to Brooklyn. Her first book was published by Atheneum in 2002: Humble Pie, a picture book with the veteran illustrator Stephen Gammell. That year she also published her first novel, the product of ten years work. The Tea Rose (Thomas Dunne, 2002) is the first book of a trilogy set in the East End of London late in the 19th century, with ties to the story of Jack the Ripper. The second book, The Winter Rose, continues the tale, following the Finnegan family and related characters from London to Africa to the coast of Northern California. The third novel in the series, The Wild Rose, which explores Willa and Seamie’s story, follows the characters from London on the verge of World War I to Arabia in 1918.

She grew up in an Irish-American family in Port Chester, New York. Her marriage resulted in one daughter.

Jennifer Donnelly Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Young Adult Author
House	Living in own house.

Jennifer Donnelly is one of the richest Young Adult Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jennifer Donnelly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Two decades after studying literature and history at the University of Rochester, she published her debut children’s work, Humble Pie.

A Northern Light won not only the Carnegie Medal, but also a School Library Journal Award, an ALA-Booklist Editors’ Choice Award, and several other honors.

Her second novel, A Northern Light, is Donnelly’s biggest success to date. It is based on the infamous murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the Adirondack Mountains in 1906 – which had been the basis for Theodore Dreiser’s epic An American Tragedy and its adaptation, the 1951 film A Place in the Sun.

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Who is Jennifer Donnelly Dating?

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As of July 2012, the U.S. Library of Congress catalogs six books by Donnelly, one 32-page picture book and five novels that surpass 2500 pages in sum.

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Jennifer Ranked on the list of most popular Young Adult Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jennifer Donnelly celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.

In September 2017, Donnelly announced a major new project with Scholastic Publishing called Stepsister, to be published in 2019. The story begins where the classic tale of Cinderella leaves off and follows her wicked stepsister Isabelle as “personifications of fate and chance battle for control of her life, hinting that there may be hope after all for a girl labeled ugly since her first appearances in literature”. Film rights for Stepsister are being handled by William Morris Endeavor and a deal is said to be in the works.

What type of books does Jennifer Donnelly write?

Jennifer Donnelly is an American author of young adult epic historical fiction , most known for the Tea Rose and Waterfire Saga series of novels. She has also written a variety of other single standing novels such as the highly popular A Northern Light and a children’s picture book.