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'''Jessica Brody''' is an American author and writing educator. Her writing consists mainly of [[young adult fiction]].

'''Jessica Brody''' is an American author, mainly of [[young adult fiction]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Brody graduated from [[Smith College]] in 2001 with a double major in Economics and French and worked for [[MGM Studios]] as a financial analyst until 2005, when she began to develop her career as a full-time author.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jessicabrody.com/about-jessica/biography/ |title=Bio |author=Brody, Jessica |website=Jessica Brody |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=LockerStyler>{{cite interview |url=https://www.lockerstyler.com/interview-with-author-jessica-brody/ |title=Interview with Author, Jessica Brody! |subject=Jessica Brody |interviewer=Sarah Hamilton |date=23 November 2015 |website=LockerStyler.com |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> She credits ''[[Bridget Jones' Diary]]'' with reigniting her childhood passion for writing: "I was so inspired and awed by the fact that a book could take me away from my life like that." Brody sold her first novel a year and a half after quitting MGM.<ref name=CJewel>{{cite interview |url=https://carolynjewel.com/wordpress/2009/11/10/interview-with-author-jessica-brody-contest-too/ |title=Interview with Author Jessica Brody – Contest, too! |subject=Jessica Brody |interviewer=Carolyn Jewel |date=10 November 2009 |website=CarolynJewel.com |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref>
Brody graduated from [[Smith College]] in 2001 with a double major in Economics and French and worked for [[MGM Studios]] as a financial analyst until 2005, when she began to develop her career as a full-time author.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jessicabrody.com/about-jessica/biography/ |title=Bio |author=Brody, Jessica |website=Jessica Brody |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=LockerStyler>{{cite interview |url=https://www.lockerstyler.com/interview-with-author-jessica-brody/ |title=Interview with Author, Jessica Brody! |subject=Jessica Brody |interviewer=Sarah Hamilton |date=23 November 2015 |website=LockerStyler.com |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906233651/https://www.lockerstyler.com/interview-with-author-jessica-brody/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She credits ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' with reigniting her childhood passion for writing: "I was so inspired and awed by the fact that a book could take me away from my life like that." Brody sold her first novel a year and a half after quitting MGM.<ref name=CJewel>{{cite interview |url=https://carolynjewel.com/wordpress/2009/11/10/interview-with-author-jessica-brody-contest-too/ |title=Interview with Author Jessica Brody – Contest, too! |subject=Jessica Brody |interviewer=Carolyn Jewel |date=10 November 2009 |website=CarolynJewel.com |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
While most of Brody's books are for teens, her first two published novels, ''The Fidelity Files'' and ''Love Under Cover'', were [[women's fiction]] for adults.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/fidelity-files |title=The Fidelity Files |author=Spielberg, Lauren |work=RT Book Reviews |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/message/fidelity-files |title=Inspector Uh-Oh! |work=RT Book Reviews |first=Diane |last=Snyder |access-date=September 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115053403/http://www.rtbookreviews.com/message/fidelity-files |archive-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-38364-0 |title=Love Under Cover |work=Publishers Weekly |date=7 September 2009 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> The first novel she wrote after leaving MGM was never published; after three years of submitting the completed manuscript to different agents, Brody started a new novel during the shopping period. She was signed by an agent for her second novel, five years after starting her career as an author. The agent sold that novel in ten days.<ref name=LockerStyler />
While most of Brody's books are for teens, her first two published novels, ''The Fidelity Files'' and ''Love Under Cover'', were [[women's fiction]] for adults.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/fidelity-files |title=The Fidelity Files |author=Spielberg, Lauren |work=RT Book Reviews |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/message/fidelity-files |title=Inspector Uh-Oh! |work=RT Book Reviews |first=Diane |last=Snyder |access-date=September 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115053403/http://www.rtbookreviews.com/message/fidelity-files |archive-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-38364-0 |title=Love Under Cover |work=Publishers Weekly |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> The first novel she wrote after leaving MGM was never published; after three years of submitting the completed manuscript to different agents, Brody started a new novel during the shopping period. She was signed by an agent for her second novel, five years after starting her career as an author. The agent sold that novel in ten days.<ref name=LockerStyler />


Brody published her first young adult novel, ''The Karma Club'', in April 2010.<ref name=CJewel /> She is known for her ''Unremembered'' and ''[[Disney Descendants: School of Secrets]]'' series of young adult fiction novels. The genesis of the ''Unremembered'' trilogy started with a news article about a teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash, which inspired Brody to speculate reasons why she was the only survivor.<ref>{{cite interview |url=https://www.booksinc.net/blog/nymbc/author-interview-jessica-brody-and-alexandra-monir-giveaway |title=Author Interview with Jessica Brody and Alexandra Monir + Giveaway! |date=25 February 2015 |subject=Jessica Brody |publisher=Books Inc |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref>
Brody published her first young adult novel, ''The Karma Club'', in April 2010.<ref name=CJewel /> She is known for her ''Unremembered'' and ''[[Disney Descendants: School of Secrets]]'' series of young adult fiction novels. The genesis of the ''Unremembered'' trilogy started with a news article about a teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash, which inspired Brody to speculate reasons why she was the only survivor.<ref>{{cite interview |url=https://www.booksinc.net/blog/nymbc/author-interview-jessica-brody-and-alexandra-monir-giveaway |title=Author Interview with Jessica Brody and Alexandra Monir + Giveaway! |date=25 February 2015 |subject=Jessica Brody |publisher=Books Inc |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195817/https://www.booksinc.net/blog/nymbc/author-interview-jessica-brody-and-alexandra-monir-giveaway |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Brody sold the publishing rights for her first middle-grade novel, ''Addie Montgomery's Shortcut to Growing Up'', to [[Delacorte Press]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/68002-rights-report-week-of-september-7-2015.html |title=Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015 |date=September 7, 2015 |work=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> The novel was eventually retitled ''Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up'' when it was published in 2017.
Brody sold the publishing rights for her first middle-grade novel, ''Addie Montgomery's Shortcut to Growing Up'', to [[Delacorte Press]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/68002-rights-report-week-of-september-7-2015.html |title=Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015 |date=September 7, 2015 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> The novel was eventually retitled ''Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up'' when it was published in 2017.


Brody and fellow author [[Joanne Rendell]] developed the ''System Divine'' series, the first book of which is scheduled to be published in Spring 2019. The publishing rights for the series were sold to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure deal in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72984-rights-report-week-of-march-6-2017.html |title=Rights Report: Week of March 6, 2017 |date=March 7, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref>
Brody and fellow author [[Joanne Rendell]] developed the ''System Divine'' series, the first book of which, ''Sky Without Stars'', was published in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jessica-brody/sky-without-stars/|title=SKY WITHOUT STARS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> The publishing rights for the series were sold to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure deal in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72984-rights-report-week-of-march-6-2017.html |title=Rights Report: Week of March 6, 2017 |date=March 7, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref>


===Jennifer Hunter===
===Jennifer Hunter===
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429926034 |title=The Fidelity Files |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |date=June 10, 2008 |isbn=9781429926034 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429926034 |title=The Fidelity Files |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |date=June 10, 2008 |isbn=9781429926034 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429983648 |title=Love Under Cover |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=November 10, 2009 |isbn=9781429983648 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429983648 |title=Love Under Cover |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=November 10, 2009 |isbn=9781429983648 |access-date=6 September 2018}}


===The ''Unremembered'' trilogy===
===The ''Unremembered'' trilogy===
#{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/unremembered00brod |title=Unremembered |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |date=March 5, 2013 |isbn=9780374379919 |accessdate=6 September 2018 |url-access=registration }}
#{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/unremembered00brod |title=Unremembered |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |date=March 5, 2013 |isbn=9780374379919 |access-date=6 September 2018 |url-access=registration }}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374379902 |title=Unforgotten |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 25, 2014 |isbn=9780374379902 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374379902 |title=Unforgotten |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 25, 2014 |isbn=9780374379902 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374379896 |title=Unchanged |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 24, 2015 |isbn=9780374379896 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/unchanged0000brod |title=Unchanged |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 24, 2015 |isbn=9780374379896 |access-date=6 September 2018 |url-access=registration }}


====Short works in the ''Unremembered'' universe====
====Short works in the ''Unremembered'' universe====
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466838994 |title=The Memory Coder |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=February 26, 2013 |isbn=9781466838994 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466838994 |title=The Memory Coder |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=February 26, 2013 |isbn=9781466838994 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466861640 |title=The Intelligence Director |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=January 14, 2014 |isbn=9781466861640 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466861640 |title=The Intelligence Director |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=January 14, 2014 |isbn=9781466861640 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374301255 |title=Undiscovered: An Unremembered Novella |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 14, 2014 |isbn=9780374301255 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374301255 |title=Undiscovered: An Unremembered Novella |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=February 14, 2014 |isbn=9780374301255 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374379797 |title=Unleashed: An Unremembered Novella |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=January 13, 2015 |isbn=9780374379797 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374379797 |title=Unleashed: An Unremembered Novella |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=January 13, 2015 |isbn=9780374379797 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466886216 |title=The Human Engineer |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=February 4, 2015 |isbn=9781466886216 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466886216 |title=The Human Engineer |publisher=Tor/Forge |date=February 4, 2015 |isbn=9781466886216 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*"Unstolen" in {{cite book |year=2015 |editor1-last=Burniac |editor1-first=Lauren |title=Fierce Reads: Kisses and Curses |publisher=Square Fish |isbn=9781250060532 |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250060532 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*"Unstolen" in {{cite book |year=2015 |editor1-last=Burniac |editor1-first=Lauren |title=Fierce Reads: Kisses and Curses |publisher=Square Fish |isbn=9781250060532 |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250060532 |access-date=6 September 2018}}


===Disney Descendants: ''School of Secrets'' series===
===Disney Descendants: ''School of Secrets'' series===
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/cjs-treasure-chase-volume-1/ |title=CJ's Treasure Chase |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=August 30, 2016 |isbn=978-1-4847-7864-7 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/cjs-treasure-chase-volume-1/ |title=CJ's Treasure Chase |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=August 30, 2016 |isbn=978-1-4847-7864-7 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121055615/https://books.disney.com/book/cjs-treasure-chase-volume-1/ |url-status=dead }}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-freddies-shadow-cards/ |title=Freddie's Shadow Cards |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=October 25, 2016 |isbn=978-1-4847-7865-4 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-freddies-shadow-cards/ |title=Freddie's Shadow Cards |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=October 25, 2016 |isbn=978-1-4847-7865-4 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195800/https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-freddies-shadow-cards/ |url-status=dead }}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-allys-mad-mystery/ |title=Ally's Mad Mystery |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=February 28, 2017 |isbn=978-1-4847-7866-1 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-allys-mad-mystery/ |title=Ally's Mad Mystery |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=February 28, 2017 |isbn=978-1-4847-7866-1 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195707/https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-allys-mad-mystery/ |url-status=dead }}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-lonnies-warrior-sword/ |title=Lonnie's Warrior Sword |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=August 15, 2017 |isbn=978-1-4847-7867-8 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-lonnies-warrior-sword/ |title=Lonnie's Warrior Sword |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=August 15, 2017 |isbn=978-1-4847-7867-8 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614235656/http://books.disney.com/book/school-of-secrets-lonnies-warrior-sword/ |url-status=dead }}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-secrets-carloss-scavenger-hunt/ |title=Carlos's Scavenger Hunt |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=November 14, 2017 |isbn=978-1-3680-1398-7 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/school-secrets-carloss-scavenger-hunt/ |title=Carlos's Scavenger Hunt |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=November 14, 2017 |isbn=978-1-3680-1398-7 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195709/https://books.disney.com/book/school-secrets-carloss-scavenger-hunt/ |url-status=dead }}
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===LEGO Disney Princess series===
===LEGO Disney Princess series===
#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/lego-disney-princess-the-surprise-storm/ |title=The Surprise Storm |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=October 16, 2018 |isbn=978-1-3680-2414-3 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
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#{{cite book |url=https://books.disney.com/book/lego-disney-princess-a-dragon-in-the-castle/ |title=A Dragon in the Castle? |publisher=Disney Book Group |date=October 16, 2018 |isbn=978-1-3680-2415-0 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
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===''System Divine'' series (with Joanne Rendell)===
#{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sky-Without-Stars/Jessica-Brody/System-Divine/9781534410633 |title=A Sky Without Stars |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=March 2019 |isbn=9781534410633 |accessdate=}}
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===''System Divine'' trilogy (with Joanne Rendell)===
#{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sky-Without-Stars/Jessica-Brody/System-Divine/9781534410633 |title=Sky Without Stars |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=March 2019 |isbn=9781534410633 |accessdate=}}
#{{cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Between-Burning-Worlds/Jessica-Brody/System-Divine/9781534410671 | title=Between Burning Worlds |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=April 2021 |isbn=9781534410671}}
#{{cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suns-Will-Rise/Jessica-Brody/System-Divine/9781534474444 | title=Suns Will Rise |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=August 2022 |isbn=9781534474444}}


===Standalone fiction===
===Standalone fiction===
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429946391 |title=The Karma Club |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=April 27, 2010 |isbn=9781429946391 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429946391 |title=The Karma Club |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=April 27, 2010 |isbn=9781429946391 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429940993 |title=My Life Undecided |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=June 7, 2011 |isbn=9781429940993 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429940993 |title=My Life Undecided |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=June 7, 2011 |isbn=9781429940993 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429955232 |title=52 Reasons to Hate My Father |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=July 3, 2012 |isbn=9781429955232 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429955232 |title=52 Reasons to Hate My Father |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=July 3, 2012 |isbn=9781429955232 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Boys-of-Summer/Jessica-Brody/9781481463485 |title=Boys of Summer |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=April 2016 |isbn=9781481463485 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/boysofsummer0000brod |title=Boys of Summer |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=April 2016 |isbn=9781481463485 |access-date=6 September 2018 |url-access=registration }}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374382704 |title=A Week of Mondays |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=August 2, 2016 |isbn=9780374382704 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/weekofmondays0000brod |title=A Week of Mondays |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=August 2, 2016 |isbn=9780374382704 |access-date=6 September 2018 |url-access=registration }}
:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539064/addie-bells-shortcut-to-growing-up-by-jessica-brody/9780399555107/ |title=Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |date=February 14, 2017 |isbn=978-0-399-55510-7 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539064/addie-bells-shortcut-to-growing-up-by-jessica-brody/9780399555107/ |title=Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |date=February 14, 2017 |isbn=978-0-399-55510-7 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374380762 |title=In Some Other Life |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=August 8, 2017 |isbn=9780374380762 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374380762 |title=In Some Other Life |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=August 8, 2017 |isbn=9780374380762 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Chaos-of-Standing-Still/Jessica-Brody/9781481499187 |title=The Chaos of Standing Still |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |date=November 2017 |isbn=978-1481499187 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Chaos-of-Standing-Still/Jessica-Brody/9781481499187 |title=The Chaos of Standing Still |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |date=November 2017 |isbn=978-1481499187 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Geography-of-Lost-Things/Jessica-Brody/9781481499217 |title=The Geography of Lost Things |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=October 2018 |isbn=9781481499217 |accessdate=5 October 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Geography-of-Lost-Things/Jessica-Brody/9781481499217 |title=The Geography of Lost Things |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=October 2018 |isbn=9781481499217 |access-date=5 October 2018}}
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:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558189/better-you-than-me-by-jessica-brody/ |title=Better You Than Me |publisher=Penguin Random House |date=November 13, 2018 |isbn=9781524769710 |accessdate=}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558189/better-you-than-me-by-jessica-brody/ |title=Better You Than Me |publisher=Penguin Random House |date=November 13, 2018 |isbn=9781524769710 |accessdate=}}
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===Nonfiction===
===Nonfiction===
:*"End of the World" in {{cite book |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062060983/dear-bully-seventy-authors-tell-their-stories/ |title=Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories |editor1=Hall, Megan Kelley |editor2=Jones, Carrie |date=September 6, 2011 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9780062060983 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
:*"End of the World" in {{cite book |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062060983/dear-bully-seventy-authors-tell-their-stories/ |title=Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories |editor1=Hall, Megan Kelley |editor2=Jones, Carrie |date=September 6, 2011 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9780062060983 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
:*{{cite book |url= |title=The Complete Guide to Getting Published: An author-to-author guide to selling your novel to a major publisher |publisher=Jessica Brody Entertainment LLC |date=October 5, 2016 |isbn=}}
:*{{cite book |title=The Complete Guide to Getting Published: An author-to-author guide to selling your novel to a major publisher |publisher=Jessica Brody Entertainment LLC |date=October 5, 2016 }}
:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554039/save-the-cat-writes-a-novel-by-jessica-brody/ |title=Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book on Novel Writing You'll Ever Need (based on the books by Blake Snyder) |publisher=Penguin Random House |date=October 9, 2018 |isbn=9780399579752 |accessdate=}}
:*{{cite book |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554039/save-the-cat-writes-a-novel-by-jessica-brody/ |title=Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book on Novel Writing You'll Ever Need (based on the books by Blake Snyder) |publisher=Penguin Random House |date=October 9, 2018 |isbn=9780399579752 }}


==Film adaptations==
==Film adaptations==
Film rights to Brody's book ''Unremembered'' have been acquired by [[Reliance Entertainment]] and Kintop Pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ya-sci-fi-book-unremembered-690373 |title=YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Rebecca |last=Ford |date=March 24, 2014 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> ''The Fidelity Files'' and ''52 Reasons to Hate My Father'' have also been optioned for films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2013/03/06/jessica-brody-interview-unremembered/1965509/ |title=Interview: Jessica Brody, author of 'Unremembered' |newspaper=USA Today |first=Joyce |last=Lamb |date=March 6, 2013 |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> ''52 Reasons'' is also being developed by Reliance and Kintop;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ya-book-52-reasons-hate-778822 |title=YA Book '52 Reasons to Hate My Father' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) |author=Bhushan, Nyay |date=2 March 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> and a screenplay has been written by [[Karen McCullah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jessicabrody.com/2018/02/movie-update-guess-wrote-screenplay-52-reasons-hate-father/ |title=Movie Update! Guess Who Wrote the Screenplay for ''52 Reasons to Hate My Father''! |author=Brody, Jessica |date=February 2018 |website=Jessica Brody [author's blog] |accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref>
Film rights to Brody's book ''Unremembered'' have been acquired by [[Reliance Entertainment]] and Kintop Pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ya-sci-fi-book-unremembered-690373 |title=YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Rebecca |last=Ford |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> ''The Fidelity Files'' and ''52 Reasons to Hate My Father'' have also been optioned for films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2013/03/06/jessica-brody-interview-unremembered/1965509/ |title=Interview: Jessica Brody, author of 'Unremembered' |newspaper=USA Today |first=Joyce |last=Lamb |date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> ''52 Reasons'' is also being developed by Reliance and Kintop;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ya-book-52-reasons-hate-778822 |title=YA Book '52 Reasons to Hate My Father' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive) |author=Bhushan, Nyay |date=2 March 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> and a screenplay has been written by [[Karen McCullah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jessicabrody.com/2018/02/movie-update-guess-wrote-screenplay-52-reasons-hate-father/ |title=Movie Update! Guess Who Wrote the Screenplay for ''52 Reasons to Hate My Father''! |author=Brody, Jessica |date=February 2018 |website=Jessica Brody [author's blog] |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref>

==Writing Instruction==

Brody offers writing instruction and advice on a variety of platforms, including YouTube and Udemy. She founded Writing Mastery Academy, an online, subscription-based writing instruction platform offering video classes, webinars, and a community site.


==References==
==References==
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Jessica Brody
Brody interviewed by Librairie Mollat in 2015
Brody interviewed by Librairie Mollat in 2015
Alma materSmith College
Years active2005–present
Website
jessicabrody.com

Jessica Brody is an American author and writing educator. Her writing consists mainly of young adult fiction.

Early life

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Brody graduated from Smith College in 2001 with a double major in Economics and French and worked for MGM Studios as a financial analyst until 2005, when she began to develop her career as a full-time author.[1][2] She credits Bridget Jones's Diary with reigniting her childhood passion for writing: "I was so inspired and awed by the fact that a book could take me away from my life like that." Brody sold her first novel a year and a half after quitting MGM.[3]

Books

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While most of Brody's books are for teens, her first two published novels, The Fidelity Files and Love Under Cover, were women's fiction for adults.[4][5][6] The first novel she wrote after leaving MGM was never published; after three years of submitting the completed manuscript to different agents, Brody started a new novel during the shopping period. She was signed by an agent for her second novel, five years after starting her career as an author. The agent sold that novel in ten days.[2]

Brody published her first young adult novel, The Karma Club, in April 2010.[3] She is known for her Unremembered and Disney Descendants: School of Secrets series of young adult fiction novels. The genesis of the Unremembered trilogy started with a news article about a teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash, which inspired Brody to speculate reasons why she was the only survivor.[7]

Brody sold the publishing rights for her first middle-grade novel, Addie Montgomery's Shortcut to Growing Up, to Delacorte Press in 2015.[8] The novel was eventually retitled Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up when it was published in 2017.

Brody and fellow author Joanne Rendell developed the System Divine series, the first book of which, Sky Without Stars, was published in March 2019.[9] The publishing rights for the series were sold to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure deal in 2017.[10]

Jennifer Hunter

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  1. The Fidelity Files. St. Martin's Press. June 10, 2008. ISBN 9781429926034. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. Love Under Cover. St. Martin's Press. November 10, 2009. ISBN 9781429983648. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

The Unremembered trilogy

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  1. Unremembered. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. March 5, 2013. ISBN 9780374379919. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. Unforgotten. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. February 25, 2014. ISBN 9780374379902. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. Unchanged. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. February 24, 2015. ISBN 9780374379896. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

Short works in the Unremembered universe

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Disney Descendants: School of Secrets series

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  1. CJ's Treasure Chase. Disney Book Group. August 30, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4847-7864-7. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. Freddie's Shadow Cards. Disney Book Group. October 25, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4847-7865-4. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. Ally's Mad Mystery. Disney Book Group. February 28, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4847-7866-1. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. Lonnie's Warrior Sword. Disney Book Group. August 15, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4847-7867-8. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. Carlos's Scavenger Hunt. Disney Book Group. November 14, 2017. ISBN 978-1-3680-1398-7. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

System Divine trilogy (with Joanne Rendell)

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  1. Sky Without Stars. Simon & Schuster. March 2019. ISBN 9781534410633.
  2. Between Burning Worlds. Simon & Schuster. April 2021. ISBN 9781534410671.
  3. Suns Will Rise. Simon & Schuster. August 2022. ISBN 9781534474444.

Standalone fiction

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Nonfiction

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Film adaptations

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Film rights to Brody's book Unremembered have been acquired by Reliance Entertainment and Kintop Pictures.[11] The Fidelity Files and 52 Reasons to Hate My Father have also been optioned for films.[12] 52 Reasons is also being developed by Reliance and Kintop;[13] and a screenplay has been written by Karen McCullah.[14]

Writing Instruction

[edit]

Brody offers writing instruction and advice on a variety of platforms, including YouTube and Udemy. She founded Writing Mastery Academy, an online, subscription-based writing instruction platform offering video classes, webinars, and a community site.

References

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  1. ^ Brody, Jessica. "Bio". Jessica Brody. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Jessica Brody (23 November 2015). "Interview with Author, Jessica Brody!". LockerStyler.com (Interview). Interviewed by Sarah Hamilton. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Jessica Brody (10 November 2009). "Interview with Author Jessica Brody – Contest, too!". CarolynJewel.com (Interview). Interviewed by Carolyn Jewel. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ Spielberg, Lauren. "The Fidelity Files". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ Snyder, Diane. "Inspector Uh-Oh!". RT Book Reviews. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Love Under Cover". Publishers Weekly. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  7. ^ Jessica Brody (25 February 2015). "Author Interview with Jessica Brody and Alexandra Monir + Giveaway!" (Interview). Books Inc. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015". Publishers Weekly. September 7, 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ SKY WITHOUT STARS | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ "Rights Report: Week of March 6, 2017". Publishers Weekly. March 7, 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  11. ^ Ford, Rebecca (March 24, 2014). "YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  12. ^ Lamb, Joyce (March 6, 2013). "Interview: Jessica Brody, author of 'Unremembered'". USA Today. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  13. ^ Bhushan, Nyay (2 March 2015). "YA Book '52 Reasons to Hate My Father' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  14. ^ Brody, Jessica (February 2018). "Movie Update! Guess Who Wrote the Screenplay for 52 Reasons to Hate My Father!". Jessica Brody [author's blog]. Retrieved 6 September 2018.