Mary E. Pearson
 Pearson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | August 14, 1955 Southern California |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| 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
[edit]- David v. God (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000)
- Scribbler of Dreams (Harcourt Paperbacks, 2002)
- A Room on Lorelei Street (Henry Holt and Co., 2005)
- The Miles Between (Holt, 2009)
The Jenna Fox Chronicles
[edit]- The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt, 2008)
- The Fox Inheritance (Holt, 2011)
- Fox Forever (Holt, 2013)
The Remnant Chronicles
[edit]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 Duology
[edit]Set in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles
- Dance of Thieves (Holt, 2018)
- Vow of Thieves (Holt, 2019)
The Courting of Bristol Keats Duology
[edit]- The Courting of Bristol Keats (Flatiron Books, 2024)
Picture books
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Golden Kite Award Recipients Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “Interview with Mary E. Pearson”, Charles A. Tan, August 8, 2009.
- ^ “Q&A with Mary E. Pearson”, Sue Corbett, Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mary E. Pearson.
- Official website
- Mary Pearson at Library of Congress, with 17 library catalog records
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