Young-adult fiction writer
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![A headshot of Mary E. Pearson.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mary_Pearson_2019_Texas_Book_Festival.jpg/250px-Mary_Pearson_2019_Texas_Book_Festival.jpg) Pearson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival |
Born | (1955-08-14) August 14, 1955 (age 68) Southern California |
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Occupation | Writer |
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Nationality | American |
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Period | 1999–present |
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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
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt, 2008)
- The Fox Inheritance (Holt, 2011)
- Fox Forever (Holt, 2013)
The Remnant Chronicles
Morrighan (prequel novella, Holt, 2016)
- The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014)
- The Heart of Betrayal (Holt, 2015)
- The Beauty of Darkness (Holt, 2016)
Dance of Thieves
Set in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles
- Dance of Thieves (Holt, 2018)
- Vow of Thieves (Holt, 2019)
Picture books
- 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)