Veronica Roth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Veronica Roth
Occupation	Young Adult Author
Date Of Birth	Aug 19, 1988(1988-08-19)
Age	36
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Veronica Roth Biography

Veronica Roth is one of the most popular and richest Young Adult Author who was born on August 19, 1988 in New York, United States. New York Times bestselling author of the fantasy novels for young adults, Divergent and Insurgent. She was awarded the Goodreads Choice Award in both 2011 and 2012.

Summit Entertainment bought the film rights for her novel Divergent and also cast actor Shailene Woodley in the leading role in the role of Beatrice.

Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her debut New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy, consisting of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant; and Four: A Divergent Collection.

She wrote her first book, Divergent, while on winter break in her senior year at Northwestern University, and found an agent by the following March. Her career took off rapidly with the success of her first novel, with the publishing rights sold before she graduated from college in 2010 and the film rights sold mid-March 2011, before the novel was printed in April 2011. Her first two novels sold over five million copies worldwide by fall 2013, just as the film based on the first novel was wrapping up.

The daughter of Holocaust survivors She has been raised within Illinois with her artistic mother. The year she was born, she was married to Nelson Fitch, a Chicago-based photographer.

Veronica Roth Net Worth

Veronica Roth is one of the richest Young Adult Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Veronica Roth 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began her college career in Carleton College and later transferred to Northwestern University. While in Northwestern’s literary program for creative writers, she started writing her first novel.

She released Allegiant The Third Book of her trilogy in the fall of 2013, as a prequel for the series called Four The Four: A Divergent Story Collection in 2014.

Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988 in New York City, and was raised primarily in Barrington, Illinois. Her mother, Barbara Ross, is a painter who resides in Barrington. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and her mother has since remarried to Frank Ross, a financial consultant for landscaping companies. Her brother and sister live in the Chicago area.

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Who is Veronica Roth Dating?

According to our records, Veronica Roth married to Nelson Fitch. As of December 1, 2023, Veronica Roth’s is not dating anyone.

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In October of 2018, HarperCollins announced another two book deal with Roth, the first is a collection of short stories tiled The End and Other Beginnings: Stories which take place in a future with advanced technology. One of the stories in the collections Inertia has been optioned for film adaptation by Fox 2000 Pictures.

Facts & Trivia

Veronica Ranked on the list of most popular Young Adult Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Veronica Roth celebrates birthday on August 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Veronica Roth

1. Veronica Roth is an American author born in 1988.
2. She is best known for her Divergent trilogy.
3. The first book was published in 2011.
4. The series has sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
5. Roth has also written several other books, including Carve the Mark.
6. She studied creative writing at Northwestern University.
7. In 2017, she married photographer Nelson Fitch.
8. Roth has been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list twice.
9. Her books have been adapted into successful films.
10. She is active on social media and engages with fans regularly.

Did Veronica Roth write Divergent in 3 weeks?

After taking a light course load in the fall and completing her final papers early, Roth said she took about 50 days to write “Divergent.” She sent the rough draft to an agent she had previously spoken to (whom she found after Googling “how to get published by a big publisher”), who took interest in the piece and …

What is Veronica Roth's religion?

She was a fan of the works of writer Lois Lowry, especially of Lowry’s The Giver (1993), often cited as the original young-adult dystopian novel. When Roth reached high school, she became a practicing Christian. Her path to religion was a theme that she often referenced in her novels.

What is Veronica Roth doing now?

VERONICA ROTH is the New York Times best-selling author of Chosen Ones, the short story collection The End and Other Beginnings, the Divergent series, and the Carve the Mark duology. She is also the guest editor of the most recent The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

What inspired Veronica Roth to write Divergent?

Veronica Roth, writer of the popular dystopian series Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, reflects on how The Giver inspired her work: “Suffice it to say that THE GIVER was my first taste of what was possible for me as a writer: I could write about a disturbing world that did not yet exist.”

How much did Veronica Roth sell Divergent for?

Young adult author Veronica Roth’s ranks 6th on account of her “Divergent” trilogy which sold a combined 6.7 million copies in 2013, earning her around $17 million from print and ebook sales between June 2013 and June 2014.