Elizabeth Wein
Autor/a de Code Name Verity
Sobre l'autor
Elizabeth Wein was born in New York City in 1964. She went to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she earned a PhD in Folklore and held a Javits Fellowship. Elizabeth Wein first five books for young adults are set in Arthurian Britain and sixth century Ethiopia. The Mark of mostra'n més Solomon, was published in two parts as The Lion Hunter (2007) and The Empty Kingdom (2008). The Lion Hunter was short-listed for the Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2008. Elizabeth's novel for teens, Code Name Verity, published by Egmont UK, Disney-Hyperion and Doubleday Canada in 2012, is a World War II thriller in which two young girls, one a Resistance spy and the other a transport pilot, become unlikely best friends. Code Name Verity has received widespread critical acclaim including being shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, it is a Michael Printz Award Honor Book, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards Honor Book, and an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Book. It is also a New York Times Bestseller in young adult fiction. She is also the author of Black Dove, White Raven. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Elizabeth Wein
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky (2024) 12 exemplars
The Lion Hunters Novels: The Winter Prince, A Coalition of Lions, The Sunbird, The Lion Hunter, and The Empty Kingdom (2018) 6 exemplars
Chasing the Wind [short story] 2 exemplars
Change of Heart [short story] 1 exemplars
Something Worth Doing [short story] 1 exemplars
For the Briar Rose [short story] 1 exemplars
No Human Hands to Touch [short story] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction (2003) — Col·laborador — 819 exemplars
From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars (2017) — Col·laborador — 807 exemplars
A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers, and Other Badass Girls (2016) — Col·laborador — 376 exemplars
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) — Col·laborador — 375 exemplars
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction (1998) — Col·laborador — 351 exemplars
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction (2009) — Col·laborador — 220 exemplars
The World of the Golden Compass: The Otherworldly Ride Continues (2007) — Col·laborador — 65 exemplars
Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (2008) — Col·laborador — 59 exemplars
Divergent Thinking: YA Authors on Veronica Roth's Divergent Trilogy (2014) — Col·laborador — 48 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- Wein, Elizabeth E.
- Data de naixement
- 1964-10-02
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
UK - Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
England, UK
Jamaica
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Scotland, UK - Educació
- Yale University
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.) (folklore) - Professions
- short story writer
novelist
essayist
amateur pilot - Agent
- Ginger Clark
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
Holocaust (1)
First Novels (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
quigui wishlish (1)
READ in 2023 (1)
Best Spy Fiction (1)
Youth: BLM (1)
Elevenses (1)
Secrets Books (1)
Women in War (2)
1900s: America (1)
Best Young Adult (2)
Female Author (2)
Female spies (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Series (2)
Absolute Power (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 25
- També de
- 18
- Membres
- 8,545
- Popularitat
- #2,814
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 643
- ISBN
- 207
- Llengües
- 9
- Preferit
- 21