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Siobhan Vivian
Vivian at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Vivian at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
BornSiobhan Vivian
(1979-01-12) January 12, 1979 (age 45)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationRutherford High School
University of the Arts
The New School (MFA)
Period2008–present
GenreRealistic fiction
SubjectYoung adult literature
Children2
Website
www.siobhanvivian.com

Siobhan Vivian (born January 12, 1979) is a bestselling American novelist, editor, and screenwriter.

Early life and education

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Siobhan Vivian was born in New York City on January 12, 1979. At a young age, Vivian moved to Rutherford, New Jersey where she went to school and often got in trouble for sneaking out and not doing her homework.[1] A 1997 graduate of Rutherford High School, Vivian has used her childhood in Rutherford as a "deep well" of ideas for her work.[2]

Vivian moved to Philadelphia after high school where she attended the University of the Arts and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Writing for Film and Television.[3] Vivian then moved back to New York City where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing: Children's Literature from The New School.[4] It was while in graduate school that Vivian met fellow authors Morgan Matson and Jenny Han,[5] the latter of which she would go on to cowrite the Burn for Burn Trilogy with.[6]

Career

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After college, Vivian worked as an editor at Alloy Entertainment where she worked on a number of New York Times Bestselling Series and also was the screenwriter for Playhouse Disney's Little Einsteins.[7]

In 2008, Vivian's first book, A Little Friendly Advice, was released and was shortly followed by a picture book she cowrote with J. Otto Seibold titled Vunce Upon A Time. Vivian's next book, Same Difference, which was published in 2009, garnered Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year as well as 2012 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults. Both of these awards were also awarded to her next book, Not That Kind of Girl, along with a Caroline W. Field Award Nomination. Her most recent solo book, The List, inspired by true events at a high school in New Jersey, was published in 2012 and earned the ALA 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults, was a Junior Library Guild Selection,[8] and was a best seller in France. The novel was also optioned by MTV with Stephen Chbosky as executive producer. All of Vivian's individually written books were published by Push, an imprint of Scholastic.[9]

In 2012, Vivian also published Burn for Burn the first book in the Burn for Burn Trilogy with fellow young adult author, Jenny Han. The following two books were published each following year. Vivian's most recent novel, The Last Boy and Girl in the World, was released in April 2016.[10]

In the June 19, 2016 edition of the New York Times Book Review, Vivian placed at number 2 in the Young Adult E-book category for The List.[11]

In November 2019, Vivian faced criticism for her tweets regarding Brooke Nelson, a college student who was mentioned in her local newspaper as saying she thought that author Sarah Dessen's YA novels were not suitable for the Common Read program run by Northern State University, Aberdeen.[12][13] When the story was reported in Jezebel,[14] The Guardian,[15] the Washington Post,[16] and Slate,[17] Vivian reportedly regretted her actions.[18]

Personal life

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She currently resides in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh[19] with her husband, designer Nick Caruso, and their daughters, Vivian[20] (born 2013)[6] and Marie (born 2015).[21] Additionally, Vivian is a professor of creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh.[22]

Bibliography

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  • 2008 – A Little Friendly Advice
  • 2008 – Vunce Upon A Time (with J. Otto Seibold)
  • 2009 – Same Difference
  • 2010 – Not that Kind of Girl
  • 2012 – The List
  • 2012 – Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1) (with Jenny Han)
  • 2013 – Fire with Fire (Burn for Burn, #2) (with Jenny Han)
  • 2014 – Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn, #3) (with Jenny Han)
  • 2016 – The Last Boy and Girl in the World
  • 2018 - Stay Sweet
  • 2020 - We are the Wildcats

References

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  1. ^ "BIOGRAPHY". Siobhan Vivian. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ Speiser, Matt. "Rutherford Upbringing Inspires Young Author", Rutherford Daily Voice, April 21, 2016. Accessed November 18, 2017. "If you graduated Rutherford High School with Siobhan Vivian in 1997, you might find yourself as a character in one of her books.The author, who is about to publish her eighth young adult book, says her Rutherford upbringing serves as a 'deep well' of inspiration that she returns to time and time again."
  3. ^ "Alumna's Book Optioned for MTV Series | the University of the Arts". uarts.edu. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Siobhan Vivian". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Summer Lovin' Tour: An Event with Jenny Han, Jessi Kirby, and Morgan Matson – Wit & Fancy". witandfancy.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Charaipotra, Sona (16 August 2013). "Fire with Fire Authors Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian Share Secrets to Successful Collaboration". Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ Webteam, University of Pittsburgh University Marketing Communications. "Siobhan Vivian - Children's Literature - University of Pittsburgh". www.childrenslit.pitt.edu. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Stay Sweet". Siobhan Vivian. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "See the cover for Siobhan Vivian's 'The Last Boy and Girl in the World' -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  11. ^ Dennard, Susan. "Young Adult E-Book Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  12. ^ "Common Read hits 10 years at Northern". Aberdeen News. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  13. ^ "The 2017 College Grad Who Got Attacked by a Horde of YA Authors Had No Idea What She Was Getting into". 15 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Bestselling Authors Band Together to Dunk on a College Student". Jezebel. 13 November 2019.
  15. ^ "War of words breaks out after YA novelist's fans go after critical reader". The Guardian. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  16. ^ "A student opposed a YA novel for mandatory college reading. The backlash from famous authors was fierce". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  17. ^ Graham, Ruth (2019-11-15). "The 2017 College Grad Who Got Attacked by a Horde of YA Authors Had No Idea What She Was Getting Into". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  18. ^ Graham, Ruth (2019-11-15). "The 2017 College Grad Who Got Attacked by a Horde of YA Authors Had No Idea What She Was Getting Into". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  19. ^ "The Entrepreneurs: Pittsburgh artists thrive on networking with peers". Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  20. ^ "'Fire With Fire' And An Interview With Jenny Han And Siobhan Vivian!". 17 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Pittsburgh teen lit writer Siobhan Vivian". 22 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Siobhan Vivian Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level - Scholastic". www.scholastic.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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