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

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

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

The Jenna Fox Chronicles

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

The Remnant Chronicles

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

Set in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles

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

Picture books

References

  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.