She wanted to become the kind of author she would have felt comfortable recommending her students read. Condie partially credits her interest in YA writing to her positive experience working with high schoolers, despite not writing much during her own time in high school. In high school, Condie ran cross country and track, and has maintained a love for distance running even today. Condie did not have much time for creative writing in high school, college, or her years as a high school English teacher. Once she could write, Condie kept a regular journal, as well as a poetry journal. At the age of four, she told a series of original stories about a unicorn to her babysitter, who wrote them down for Condie. Personal life Ĭondie was born in Cedar City, Utah. Condie is also on the board of Go Jane Give, a non-profit Utah-based organization that organizes donations to refugees. She is also a member of the Yallwest Board, which is a non-profit California-based organization aimed at making books accessible to local children. She is the founder and director of the WriteOut Foundation, a non-profit 501 (3) (c) foundation that runs writing camps for rural teens. Summerlost was a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. All three books are available in 30+ languages.Ĭondie is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Atlantia (a standalone novel published in 2014) and Summerlost (a middle grade novel published in 2016). Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010.
The sequels ( Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers. Her novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, and spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Dystopian fiction, children's literature, young adult fictionĪllyson Braithwaite Condie is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction.
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