![]() Novelist Frank McCourt called the novel “a splendid, heartwarming novel of pain, struggle, decency, triumph.” A year later, she rose to higher acclaim with her second novel, A Northern Light (Harcourt), a work for young adults. Morning, during her evenings, and on weekends, she worked on what would become her first novel, and the first of a trilogy,Ī historical epic for adults, The Tea Rose (St. Perhaps the compliment reflects the fact that Donnelly moves effortlessly between writing for young adults and older ones.Īfter graduating from Rochester with a degree in English, she worked as a journalist. Says Donnelly: “One of the most gratifying things I heard, from a 16-year-old girl was, ‘You didn’t talk down to me. The tour brought her not only to bookstores, but also to high schools, where she spoke in auditoriums of anywhere from 100 to 300 students. ![]() Last fall, Donnelly, who makes her home in New York’s Hudson River Valley, was on a tour promoting her fourth novel, Revolution (Delacorte, 2010)-not exactly a title that panders to stereotypes of modern teens. And, she says, they’re not only up to the challenge, they’re grateful for it. Jennifer Donnelly ’85 is a historical fiction writer who demands quite a bit of her mostly teenage readers. ![]() PORTRAITS: Donnelly (opposite) says an article about the death of revolutionary France’s Prince Louis Charles (above) was the inspiration for her new novel. ![]()
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