Jennifer Donnelly is the author of three adult novels, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose, as well as the young adult novels These Shallow Graves, Revolution, and A Northern Light, winner of Britain's prestigious Carnegie Medal, the L.A. Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. She lives and writes full-time in upstate New York. You can visit her at jenniferdonnelly.com or find @JenWritesBooks on Twitter.
Praise for These Shallow Graves An Amelia Bloomer Project Award
Book ★ "These Shallow Graves succeeds as a wonderfully paced
thriller, a heart-pounding romance and an unflinching look at the
hard choices one young woman must make when society disparages her
dreams." -Shelf Awareness, Starred Review ★ "Fast-paced and
thrilling...a smart, insightful, timely depiction of a young woman
poised on the brink of a new world after the shattering of
another."-Booklist, Starred Review ★ "Action-packed chapters propel
this compelling mystery...[and] the injustices Donnelly highlights
remain all too relevant."-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "A
beautifully written mystery."-SLJ "[A] fast-paced thriller...the
story races to its surprising conclusion."-Kirkus Reviews "A
heroine you can't help cheering on."-The Horn Book
"A twisted tale of secrets, murder, love, and revenge. This
historical thriller delivers...[and] Donnelly will keep you on the
edge of your seat with this fast-paced, tightly written page
turner."-USAToday.com "Donnelly returns with a powerhouse of a
whodunit. Her eighth novel strikes hard against poverty, sexism,
classism, and gree, driving as relentlessly as Jo in her pursuit of
truth and freedom."-BookPage.com "These Shallow Graves delivered
all that I adore: lovely prose, historical intrigue, unique
characters and setting. I devoured this book!"-Ruta Sepetys, New
York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray and Salt to
the Sea "An intelligent, personable heroine-Jo Montfort's hopes for
an enlightened future uncover a dark past, resulting in a
splendidly hair-raising tour of the brightest and darkest corners
of Victorian New York."-Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling
author of Code Name Verity and Black Dove, White Raven "Jo Montfort
is a gutsy modern heroine in a beguiling tale of old New York.
Money, murder, betrayal, and family secrets....I loved spending
time in this world!"-Elizabeth Ross, author of William C. Morris
Award finalist Belle Epoque "A fast-paced Gilded Age crime thriller
that plunges its intrepid investigative-journalist heroine into the
sordid underworld of nineteenth-century New York City and into her
own family's dark secrets."-Julie Berry, award-winning author of
All the Truth That's In Me
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