Jennifer Niven

About the Author

Jennifer Niven writes both fiction and nonfiction books. Her novels for adults include American Blonde, Becoming Clementine, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and Velva Jean Learns to Drive. Her first book for young adult readers, All the Bright Places, was published in 2015. Holding Up the Universe is her show more second young adult book. Her nonfiction books include The Ice Master, Ada Blackjack, and The Aqua-Net Diaries. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Jenfer Nven, Jennifer Niven, Jennifer Niven

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Velva Jean

Works by Jennifer Niven

Popular Recent

All the Bright Places (2015) 4,717 copies, 198 reviews

Holding Up the Universe (2016) 1,702 copies, 55 reviews

The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk (2000) 667 copies, 12 reviews

Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (2003) 429 copies, 13 reviews

Velva Jean Learns to Drive (2009) 332 copies, 17 reviews

Breathless (2020) 250 copies, 4 reviews

Take Me With You When You Go (2021) — Author — 167 copies, 7 reviews

Velva Jean Learns to Fly (2011) 94 copies, 14 reviews

Becoming Clementine (2012) 72 copies, 4 reviews

American Blonde (2014) 65 copies, 18 reviews

The Aqua Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town (2010) 64 copies, 4 reviews

Respiro solo se tu (2021) 5 copies

Sem ar (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 2 copies

Les mille visafes de notre histoire (2019) 2 copies

Untitled 2 copies

The Ice Master -- Special Booksellers' Preview (2000) 1 copy

Hayatin Kiyisinda (2016) 1 copy

Som stjerner på himlen (2015) 1 copy

Für einen Sommer unsterblich (2022) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Alycat and the Monday Blues (2017) — Foreword, some editions — 5 copies, 3 reviews

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 05-14
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Richmond, Indiana, USA
Occupations: author
filmmaker
Teacher
speaker
Relationships: Niven, Penelope (mother)
Awards and honors: Gambrinus Giuseppe Mazzotti Prize (Italy)

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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Wow. Do you ever read a book and feel like you have to take some time before starting a new book just to fully grasp everything that just happened and to just let it linger in your head for a few days or many many weeks? I think this is one of those for me. Even the Author's note at the end of the book is going to stick with me.

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alester630 | 197 other reviews | Aug 1, 2024 |

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

This book was so so amazing. It just felt so real and honest and it was heartbreaking, but in a good way. It didn't tiptoe around problems or sugar coat them...I just really liked this book.

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valleycat | 197 other reviews | Aug 1, 2024 |

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

I wish there was such a thing as six stars. This author really gets it. I'm so floored that I don't really have anything to say other than read this book.

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keithhez | 197 other reviews | Jul 30, 2024 |

All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Edition by Jennifer Niven

A hard to read YA book. Finch is a HS senior with undiagnosed mental illness. He holds everything together for a few months, helping a fellow senior turn her life around. But in the end, even her love isn't enough.

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nancynova | 197 other reviews | Apr 7, 2024 |

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