Search results for tag: All the Bright Places

Jacinta Tynan, author of Mother Zen, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Jacinta Tynan author of Mother Zen Ten Terrifying Questions ____________ 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born and raised in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire (known simply as ‘The Shire’) as one of six kids in a suburb called Yowie Bay, but I went to high school in the eastern suburbs co... Read more

by | April 28, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Review by Shikha Shah)

Looking for the winners of our Facebook competition? Scroll to the bottom of the post… All the Bright Places is a heartbreaking and touching novel exploring a wide range of issues such as depression, mental disorders, suicide, coping with the loss of a loved one and finding hope. The book begins with Theodore Finch – an outsider with his own unique brand of coolness –standing on his... Read more

by | April 27, 2015

Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Jennifer Niven author of All the Bright Places Ten Terrifying Questions ____________ 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in North Carolina, raised mostly in Indiana (after living in Okinawa and then Maryland). My move to Indiana in fourth grade prompted one of my earliest books—... Read more

by | April 15, 2015

GUEST BLOG: Jennifer Niven on the inspiration behind her new novel ‘All The Bright Places’

I wrote All the Bright Places the summer of 2013, following the death of my literary agent. The last time I saw him, I was nearing the end of a series of books I’d begun writing in 2008 and was feeling depleted. He told me, “Whatever you write next, write it with all your heart. Write it because you can’t imagine writing anything else.” Years ago, I knew and loved a boy, and that boy was bipola... Read more

by | January 17, 2015