A headshot of Mary E. Pearson.
Pearson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born (1955-08-14) August 14, 1955
Southern California
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1999–present
Website
marypearson.com

Mary E. Pearson (born August 14, 1955) is an American children's writer best known for young adult fiction.

Her book A Room on Lorelei Street won the 2006 Golden Kite Award for fiction.[1] Her book The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award[2] and is being adapted into a movie.[3]

Selected works

The Jenna Fox Chronicles

  1. The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt, 2008)
  2. The Fox Inheritance (Holt, 2011)
  3. Fox Forever (Holt, 2013)

The Remnant Chronicles

Morrighan (prequel novella, Holt, 2016)

  1. The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014)
  2. The Heart of Betrayal (Holt, 2015)
  3. The Beauty of Darkness (Holt, 2016)

Dance of Thieves

Set in the same world as The Remnant Chronicles

  1. Dance of Thieves (Holt, 2018)
  2. Vow of Thieves (Holt, 2019)

Picture books

  • Pickles in My Soup, illustrated by Tom Payne (New York: Children's Press, 1999)
  • Where Is Max?, illustrated by Samantha L. Walker (Children's, 2000)
  • Generous Me, illustrated by Gary Krejca (Children's Press, 2005)
  • Fast Dan, illustrated by Eldon C. Doty (Children's Press, 2005)
  • I Can Do It All, illustrated by Jeff Shelly (Children's Press, 2008)

References

  1. ↑ Golden Kite Award Recipients Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ “Interview with Mary E. Pearson”, Charles A. Tan, August 8, 2009.
  3. ↑ “Q&A with Mary E. Pearson”, Sue Corbett, Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2008.
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