Jeanne DuPrau

Infobox Writer
name = Jeanne DuPrau


caption =
birthdate = 1944
birthplace = San Francisco, California
nationality = American
occupation = Novelist
notableworks = "The Books of Ember"
website = http://www.jeanneduprau.com

Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944 in California) is an American writer, best known for "The Books of Ember", a series of novels for young people. She lives in Menlo Park, California.

Home life

On her website and several other online biographies, DuPrau is described as a garden enthusiast and dog lover. DuPrau has no children. She has two nephews, a niece, and a dog named Ethan. On her website, she writes:

"I didn't really set out to "be a writer." I just wrote. Reading and writing have always been my favorite things, though for a while I wanted to be a writer and an illustrator. I still have my very first book, which I wrote when I was about five years old. It's called Frosty the Snowman, has six pages, and is illustrated with red and green crayon."

Bibliography

Books of Ember

*"The City of Ember" (2003) – This story takes place in a sunless, moonless city where the only light comes from electric lamps. As supplies run low and the electrical system starts to fail, the city is headed for disaster. Two children, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow, take on the task of finding the way out.

*"The People of Sparks" (2004) – The story opens where The City of Ember left off, with the residents of the dying city of Ember joining young heroes Lina and Doon and making their way to a small settlement, where all at first goes well but conflict soon arises.

*"The Prophet of Yonwood" (2006) – This is the third novel in the series. However, it is a prequel, rather than a sequel, to the other two books. It is set about fifty years before the Disaster and the establishment of Ember, and approximately three hundred years before the events of The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. The story focuses on a woman's frightening vision of the future and the townspeople's reaction to it.

*"The Diamond of Darkhold" (2008) – The Diamond of Darkhold is the final book of the series. It picks up where "The People of Sparks" left off, during the Emberites' first winter aboveground.

Novels

*"The Earth House" (1993)
*"Car Trouble" (2005)

Nonfiction

*"Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage"
*"Cells"
*"Cloning"
*"Daily Life in the American Colonies"

Movie adaptations

A film adaption of The City of Ember will be released in October 2008. [http://CityOfEmber.com] The movie was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It will star Bill Murray (as the Mayor of Ember), Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins, and Martin Landau.

External links

* [http://jeanneduprau.com/ Jeanne DuPrau's Official Website]
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* [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/dupraujeanne.html Reviews of Jeanne DuPrau's novels at FanLit.net]