Victoria Aveyard

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Victoria Aveyard (born July 27, 1990 in East Longmeadow , Massachusetts ) is an American author of books for young people.

Life

Aveyard graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2012 . She publishes novels, five of which have also been published in German. It is in The Color of Blood- series about a dystopia that in a distant, post-apocalyptic playing future in the North American northeast. There are feudal structures of rule, with the brutally ruling elite consisting of so-called silvers (silver) who have supernatural powers.

Prizes and awards

Works

The colors of the blood

  • Volume 1: The Red Queen . Carlsen, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-58326-0 . (Originally: Red Queen . 2015.)
  • Volume 2: Glass Sword. Carlsen, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-551-58327-7 (In the English original: Glass Sword . 2016.)
  • Volume 3: Golden Cage. Carlsen, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-551-58328-4 (In the English original: King's Cage. 2017.)
  • Volume 4: Angry Storm. Carlsen, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-551-58381-9 . (Originally: War Storm . 2018.)
  • Volume 5: Broken Crown: Stories and More from the World of the Red Queen. Carlsen, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-551-58414-4 . (Originally: Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection. 2019.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Red Queen , FAZ , August 31, 2016, p. 11
  2. ↑ "The Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard awarded the 2015 Buxtehude Bull. In: buxtehuder-bulle.de. June 15, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Aveyard, Victoria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author of books for young people
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH East Longmeadow , Massachusetts