birth_place awards nationality notableworks language period genre article_title name occupation
northern utah whitney award american ascendance trilogy english 2010-present young adult fiction jennifer a. nielsen
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jennifer a. nielsen

jennifer a. nielsen is an american author known primarily for young adult fiction .
her works include the `` ascendance trilogy '' , `` behind enemy lines '' -lrb- one of the books in the infinity ring series -rrb- , `` the mark of the thief '' , `` a night divided '' , and the `` underworld chronicles '' .
nielsen was born and raised in northern utah and completed her first full manuscript at the age of 11 .
however , it was abandoned .
she published `` elliot and the goblin war '' , the first `` underworld chronicles '' book , in 2010 and has continued publishing novels since .
in 2013 , she won the whitney award for best middle grade novel for `` the false prince '' , the first novel in the `` ascendance trilogy '' , and the next year she won again in the same category for `` the runaway king '' , its sequel .
the paperback reprint of `` the false prince '' put her on the new york times bestseller list in march 2013 .
