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Martha Elizabeth "Libba " Bray [1] American writer of young adult novels including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy , Going Bovine The Diviners
Early life
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Martha Elizabeth Bray was born in Montgomery, Alabama .[2] gay [2] Presbyterian minister , and her mother was an English teacher.[3]
She and her family moved to West Virginia for a brief period, then to Corpus Christi, Texas and finally to Denton, Texas , where Bray attended high school.[1] [4]
Bray graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988[3] Theatre major. As a budding playwright , she felt it important to be in New York City . When her childhood best friend, already living in Manhattan , called saying she was looking for a roommate, Bray moved to New York.[citation needed
Bray is married to Barry Goldblatt, a children's book agent, and the couple have a son, Josh.[3] [5]
Career
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Bray's first job was in the publicity department of Penguin Putnam , followed by three years at Spier, an advertising agency specializing in book advertising.[citation needed
Bray was encouraged to write a young adult novel by her husband, Barry Goldblatt, a children's book agent and Ginee Seo, an editor at Simon & Schuster . Before this, using a pseudonym , she had written three books for 17th Street Press (a publisher of romances).[citation needed [clarification needed
Her first novel, A Great and Terrible Beauty New York Times bestseller[6] A Great and Terrible Beauty : Rebel Angels The Sweet Far Thing
Bray is friends with many young adult authors such as John Green and Maureen Johnson , and with fellow YA fantasy authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare . Her blog can be read on https://web.archive.org/web/20101023044746/http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/ .
Going Bovine Delacorte in 2009 and won the annual Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association recognizing literary excellence in young adult literature.[7]
Beauty Queens, about a group of beauty pageant contestants whose plane crashes on an island, was published by Scholastic Press on May 24, 2011.
Bray's novel, The Diviners Lair of Dreams , was released in August 2015[8] Before The Devil Breaks You , was released in October 2017.[9] The King of Crows , was released in February 2020.
Awards and honors
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Awards
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Honors
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A Great and Terrible Beauty [22] The Sweet Far Thing ,[23] Publishers Weekly . Going Bovine Booklist [24] Publishers Weekly .[25] Before the Devil Breaks You[26] and the audiobook renditions of Beauty Queens[27] and The King of Crows[28] received starred reviews from Booklist . The Diviners Booklist, [29] Kirkus Reviews [30] Publishers Weekly. [31] Lair of Dreams received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews [32] Publishers Weekly .[33]
A Great and Terrible Beauty [34] Rebel Angels ,[35] The Sweet Far Thing [36]
Publications
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Gemma Doyle trilogy
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A Great and Terrible Beauty Delacorte (2003)
Rebel Angels
The Sweet Far Thing
The Diviners series
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The Diviners Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2012)
Lair of Dreams , Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2015)
Before the Devil Breaks You , Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2017)
The King of Crows , Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2020)
Standalone novels
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Anthologized short stories
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21 Proms , Scholastic Paperbacks (2007)
The Restless Dead , Candlewick Press (2007)
Up All Night , HarperTeen (2008)
Vacations from Hell , HarperTeen (2009)
"The Thirteenth Step", a short story in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire , ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press (2009)
"The Last Ride of the Glory Girls," Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (2015)
See also
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Speculative fiction
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References
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^ a b c "Bray, Libba (Martha E. Bray)" . Encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Libba Bray's Accident at 18" . Archived from the original on 2007-05-09.
^ Corbett, Sue (2007-11-29). "PW Talks with Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Teen Book Video Awards Debut Tonight Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
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"Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books" Archived March 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . YALSA . American Library Association. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
^ "Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)" . www.goodreads.com . Retrieved 2019-02-19 .
^ "Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners, #3)" . www.goodreads.com . Retrieved 2019-02-19 .
^ "2010 Michael L. Printz Award" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Morales, Macey; Petersen, Jennifer (2010-01-18). " . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2010 Audie Awards®" . www.audiopub.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2012 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Boretz, Adam (May 29, 2014). "Billy Crystal Takes Top Honors at 2014 Audie Awards" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ a b "2012 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)" . www.audiopub.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Seattle_Quick_Picks. "Audie Award Winners: Best Audio Books 2012" . Seattle Public Library . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2013 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)" . www.audiopub.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ a b "2016 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)" . www.audiopub.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)" . www.audiopub.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018" . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019 .
^ "A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Going Bovine" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Going Bovine by Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Smith, Julia (2017-11-01). "Before the Devil Breaks You" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2011-09-15" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Booth, Heather (2020-05-15). "The King of Crows" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Diviners" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Diviners" . Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Diviners by Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Lair of Dreams" . Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Maryles, Daisy (2005-08-15). "Children's Fiction Bestsellers" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Roback, Diane (2007-02-12). "Children's Fiction Bestsellers" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Roback, Diane (2008-01-14). "Children's Fiction Bestsellers" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Rebel Angels | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Beauty Queens | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "2012-03-01" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Rainbow List: 2012" . Booklist . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Going Bovine | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Diviners | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "The Diviners | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ "Lair of Dreams | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
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