Jennifer A. Nielsen

Jennifer Anne Nielsen (born July 10, 1971) is an American author known primarily for young adult fiction. Her works include the Ascendance Series, Behind Enemy Lines (one of the books in the Infinity Ring series), The Mark of the Thief, A Night Divided, and the Underworld Chronicles.

Life Jennifer was born and raised in northern Utah and completed her first full manuscript, on picking locks, at the age of 11. However, it was abandoned when a locksmith did not allow her to research picking locks. and the next year she won again in the same category for The Runaway King, its sequel. The False Prince received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Nielsen lives in Northern Utah and is a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Selected works

Iceberg. Scholastic Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1338795028. Uprising. Scholastic Press. 2024. ISBN 978-1338795080.

The Ascendance series

The Captive Kingdom. Scholastic, Inc. 2020. The Shattered Castle. Scholastic, Inc. 2021. ISBN 9781338275902

Traitor's Game series

The Warrior's Curse. Scholastic Press. 2020 .

Mark of the Thief series