Jennifer Niven

Jennifer Niven is an accomplished American author, well-known for her young adult novels. One of her notable series is the Velva Jean series. By the time she was ten years old, Niven had already demonstrated her passion for writing, having created many songs, poems, autobiographies, picture books, a play, a mystery series, a short story collection, and an incomplete novel about Vietnam. Her picture books featured the alien Doodle Bugs, and she even illustrated them herself. Niven also wrote a play about Laura Wilder’s sister and a series of prison mysteries.

Niven’s dedication to writing became a full-time pursuit in 2000. In addition to her novels, she founded a web magazine called Germ, which caters to high school-aged students and beyond, celebrating beginnings, futures, and the myriad of experiences in between. Her success as an author is evident in the acclaim she has received for her work. Her novel All the Bright Places was a #1 New York Times bestseller, won the GoodReads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction of 2015, and was named a Best Book of the Year by multiple publications. The film adaptation, which features a script co-written by Niven, is currently available on Netflix. Niven is currently working on her fourth and fifth novels for young adults, with her third book, Breathless, recently released. She resides in Los Angeles and coastal Georgia with her husband, children, and literary cats.
Velva Jean Books
# Title Year
1 Velva Jean Learns to Drive 2009
2 Velva Jean Learns to Fly 2011
3 Becoming Clementine 2012
4 American Blonde 2014
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 All the Bright Places 2015
2 Holding Up the Universe 2016
3 Random Minis: All the Bright Places 2019
4 Breathless 2020
5 Take Me with You When You Go 2021
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 The Ice Master 2000
2 Ada Blackjack 2003
3 The Aqua Net Diaries 2009