Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly (2010)

Jennifer Donnelly (* 1963 in Port Chester , New York) is an American writer of German- Irish descent.

Life and accomplishments

She studied English literature and history at Rochester University, New York State, and graduated magna cum laude . Her book "The Tea Rose" was created during a stay of several years in London . For her work "The Light of the North" she received the Carnegie Medal and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category " Young Adult Fiction " in 2003 .

Jennifer Donnelly lives in the Hudson Valley, New York State , with her husband and daughter .

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In her second novel, Das Licht des Nordens (2003), Donnelly integrates the true story of the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake into a story from the perspective of the sixteen-year-old half-orphan Mattie Gokey, who entrusts the murdered woman with letters for destruction before she is killed to whom dark secrets are revealed.

bibliography

• Street of Shadows. Pendo, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86612-398-4 . (Original title: These Shallow Graves)
• The wild rose. Piper Verlag , paperback, 2012. ISBN 978-3-492-30038-4 . (Original title: The Wild Rose)
• The blood of the lily. Pendo, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86612-288-8 . (Original title: Revolution)
• The winter rose. Piper Verlag , paperback, 2008. ISBN 978-3-492-25281-2 . (Original title: The Winter Rose)
• The light of the north. Piper Verlag , Paperback, 2006. ISBN 978-3-492-24840-2 . (Original title: A Northern Light)
• The tea rose. Piper Verlag , paperback, 2004. ISBN 978-3-492-24258-5 . (Original title: The Tea Rose)

• The first song of the seas. 2014, ISBN 978-3-505-13657-3 . (Original title: Waterfire Saga)
• The second song of the seas. 2015, ISBN 978-3-505-13676-4 .
• The third song of the seas. 2016, ISBN 978-3-505-13677-1 .
• The fourth song of the seas. 2016, ISBN 978-3-505-13678-8 .

Audio books

• The winter rose . Read by Sabine Arnhold , audio book Hamburg (OSTERWOLDaudio), Hamburg, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86952-149-7 (reading, 8 CDs, 631 min.)
• The wild rose . Read by Cathlen Gawlich , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86231-152-1 (reading, 6 CDs, 520 min.)
• The tea rose . Read by Cathlen Gawlich, Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86231-100-2 (reading, 8 CDs, 630 min.)
• The blood of the lily . Read by Lotte Ohm, Josefine Preuß , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86231-059-3 (reading, 6 CDs, 448 min.)

Web links

Commons : Jennifer Donnelly  - Collection of Images

• http://www.jenniferdonnelly.com/ (English)
• Literature by and about Jennifer Donnelly in the catalog of the German National Library