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Ally Condie
Ally Condie | |
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 Condie at the 2018 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | November 2, 1978 Cedar City, Utah, U.S. |
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| Education | Brigham Young University (BA) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
| Genre | Dystopian fiction, children's literature, young adult fiction |
| Notable works | Matched trilogy |
| Children | 3 sons and a daughter |
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Allyson Braithwaite Condie (born November 2, 1978) 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.[2] The sequels (Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers.[3] Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten[4] and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010.[5] 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.[6]
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,[7] which is a non-profit California-based organization aimed at making books accessible to local children.[8] Condie is also on the board of Go Jane Give, a non-profit Utah-based organization that organizes donations to refugees.[9]
- ^ "Ally Condie – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Children's Chapter Books - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 6, 2011 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Morris, William (2013). "Review of Matched. Crossed. Reached". BYU Studies Quarterly. 52 (4): 181–184. ISSN 2167-8472. JSTOR 43039952.
- ^ "Search results - YALSA Book Finder". booklists.yalsa.net. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Best Books 2010 | Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations | Mystery Writers of America". mysterywriters.org. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ YALLWEST Interview with Ally Condie, 23 May 2016, retrieved 2021-09-21
- ^ "YALLWEST". YALLWEST. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Ally Condie, Emma Donaghue, and Others Participate in 'Read-In' for Refugees". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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