Mary E. Pearson

Summary

Mary E. Pearson (born August 14, 1955) is an American children's writer best known for young adult fiction.

A headshot of Mary E. Pearson.
Pearson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born (1955-08-14) August 14, 1955 (age 68)
Southern California
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1999–present
Website
marypearson.com

Her book A Room on Lorelei Street won the 2006 Golden Kite Award for fiction.[1] Her book The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award[2] and is being adapted into a movie.[3]

Selected works edit

The Jenna Fox Chronicles edit

  1. The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt, 2008)
  2. The Fox Inheritance (Holt, 2011)
  3. Fox Forever (Holt, 2013)

The Remnant Chronicles edit

Morrighan (prequel novella, Holt, 2016)

  1. The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014)
  2. The Heart of Betrayal (Holt, 2015)
  3. The Beauty of Darkness (Holt, 2016)

Dance of Thieves edit

Set in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles

  1. Dance of Thieves (Holt, 2018)
  2. Vow of Thieves (Holt, 2019)

Picture books edit

  • Pickles in My Soup, illustrated by Tom Payne (New York: Children's Press, 1999)
  • Where Is Max?, illustrated by Samantha L. Walker (Children's, 2000)
  • Generous Me, illustrated by Gary Krejca (Children's Press, 2005)
  • Fast Dan, illustrated by Eldon C. Doty (Children's Press, 2005)
  • I Can Do It All, illustrated by Jeff Shelly (Children's Press, 2008)

References edit

  1. ^ Golden Kite Award Recipients Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ “Interview with Mary E. Pearson”, Charles A. Tan, August 8, 2009.
  3. ^ “Q&A with Mary E. Pearson”, Sue Corbett, Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2008.

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