Jeanne DuPrau
Jeanne DuPrau | |
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| Born | June 9, 1946 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | The Books of Ember |
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Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American writer, best known for The Books of Ember, a series of science fiction novels for young people. She lives in Menlo Park, California.[1]
Works
The Books of Ember
- The City of Ember (2003)[2]
- The People of Sparks (2004)[3]
- The Prophet of Yonwood (2006)
- The Diamond of Darkhold (2008)
Other fiction
- Car Trouble (2005)[4]
- Voyagers: Escape the Vortex (2016)
Nonfiction
- The Earth House
- Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage
- Cells
- Cloning
- Daily Life in the American Colonies
Short stories
- "Pearl's Fateful Wish" included in the young adult short story collection What You Wish For, published September 2011.
Film adaptations
A film adaptation of The City of Ember, called City of Ember, was released in October 2008. It was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland and stars Bill Murray as the Mayor of Ember, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins and Martin Landau.[5]
References
- ^ "Jeanne DuPrau".
- ^ Marianne Dyson. "Book Review: The City of Ember". www.nss.org. National Space Agency. Archived from the original on December 10, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ "The People of Sparks, by Jeanne DuPrau". www.swanhillslibrary.ab.ca. Swan Hills Municipal Library. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ "Car Trouble". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. July 1, 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ "City of Ember (2008)". IMDb.
External links
- Official website
- Jeanne DuPrau at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Jeanne DuPrau at Library of Congress, with 17 library catalog records
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Categories:
- 20th-century American novelists
- Living people
- 1944 births
- People from Menlo Park, California
- 21st-century American novelists
- American children's writers
- American women novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Writers of young adult science fiction
- Novelists from California
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers