Ally Condie

Ally Condie
Ally Condie
Condie at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Born (1978-11-02) November 2, 1978 (age 45)
Cedar City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation
  • Previous high school English teacher
  • Author
EducationBrigham Young University (BA)
Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
GenreDystopian fiction, children's literature, young adult fiction
Notable worksMatched trilogy
Children3 sons and a daughter
Website
allycondie.com

Allyson Braithwaite Condie (born November 2, 1978) is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction.[1] Her novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, and spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List.[2] The sequels (Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers.[3] Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten[4] and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010.[5] All three books are available in 30+ languages.

Condie 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). Summerlost was a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.[6]

She is the founder and director of the WriteOut Foundation, a non-profit 501 (3) (c) foundation that runs writing camps for rural teens. She is also a member of the Yallwest Board,[7] which is a non-profit California-based organization aimed at making books accessible to local children.[8] Condie is also on the board of Go Jane Give, a non-profit Utah-based organization that organizes donations to refugees.[9]

  1. ^ "Ally Condie – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ^ "Children's Chapter Books - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 6, 2011 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ^ Morris, William (2013). "Review of Matched. Crossed. Reached". BYU Studies Quarterly. 52 (4): 181–184. ISSN 2167-8472. JSTOR 43039952.
  4. ^ "Search results - YALSA Book Finder". booklists.yalsa.net. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. ^ "Best Books 2010 | Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  6. ^ "MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations | Mystery Writers of America". mysterywriters.org. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  7. ^ YALLWEST Interview with Ally Condie, 23 May 2016, retrieved 2021-09-21
  8. ^ "YALLWEST". YALLWEST. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  9. ^ "Ally Condie, Emma Donaghue, and Others Participate in 'Read-In' for Refugees". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.