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Ally Condie
Ally Condie
Condie at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Born (1978-11-02) November 2, 1978 (age 46)
Cedar City, Utah
Website
allycondie.com

Ally Condie is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction.[1] Her novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, and spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List.[citation needed] The sequels (Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers.[citation needed] Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten [2] and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010.[3] All three books are available in 30+ languages.

Condie is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Atlantia (a standalone novel published in 2014) and Summerlost (a middle grade novel published in 2016). Summerlost was a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.[4]

She is the founder and director of the WriteOut Foundation, a non-profit 501 (3) (c) foundation that runs writing camps for rural teens. She is also a member of the Yallwest Board and is on the board of Go Jane Give.

Personal life

Condie was born in Cedar City, Utah.[1] She went to Brigham Young University and has a degree in English Teaching. She taught high school English in Utah and in upstate New York. She lives with her husband and four children in Pleasant Grove, Utah.[5] In 2017, Condie graduated from Vermont College of Fine Arts with a Master's in Fine Arts Degree in Writing for Children and Young Adults. [citation needed] Condie is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6][7]

Matched trilogy

The novel Matched was published by Dutton Penguin in November 2010 and reached number three on the Children's Chapter Books bestseller list in January.[8][9][10] The novel has been optioned to the Walt Disney Company, and foreign rights have been sold to 30 countries.[11]

The second book, Crossed, was published in November 2011, and Reached, published November 2012, completed the trilogy.

Works

Matched trilogy

Yearbook trilogy

  • Yearbook (Deseret Book, 2006)
  • First Day (Deseret, 2007)
  • Reunion (Deseret, 2008)

The Darkdeep trilogy

This trilogy is written with Brendan Reichs

  • The Darkdeep (2018)
  • The Beast (2019)
  • The Torchbearers (2020)

Standalone fiction

  • Freshman for President (Deseret/Shadow Mountain, 2008), OCLC 797225716
  • Being Sixteen (Deseret, 2010), OCLC 438052066
  • Atlantia (Dutton Penguin, 2014)
  • Summerlost (Dutton Penguin, 2016)
  • The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe (2019)

Anthologies

  • The Moms' Club Diaries: notes from a world of playdates, pacifiers, and poignant moments, compiled by Allyson Braithwaite Condie and Lindsay Hepworth (Provo, UT: Spring Creek, 2008), OCLC 190860066

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ally Condie – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-08-22. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
  2. ^ "Search results - YALSA Book Finder". booklists.yalsa.net. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  3. ^ "Best Books 2010 | Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. ^ "MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations | Mystery Writers of America". mysterywriters.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. ^ Famous Mormons entry on condie
  6. ^ Famous Mormons entry on Condie
  7. ^ article that postions Condie in a broad list of Latter-day Saints young adult writers
  8. ^ Best Sellers: Children's Chapter Books. The New York Times. January 16, 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  9. ^ McGrath, Charles (February 19, 2011). "The Way We Live Now: Teenage Wastelands". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-21. Alternative online title, "Young Readers in Dystopia".
  10. ^ Rappleye, Christine (February 8, 2011). "Matched author Ally Condie on national book tour". Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  11. ^ Lodge, Sally (December 9, 2010). "Ally Condie's Matched Makes Auspicious Debut". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
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