![]() ![]() Years ago I knew and loved a boy who in many ways reminded me of Finch, and I’d always thought about that experience and knew that I wanted to write something about it. And last year when I was thinking about my next book – I’d come out of writing a series, so for the last five or six years, I hadn’t been able to think about what I would really love to do next – I kept thinking about YA, and when I thought about this particular story I thought it belonged there. ![]() ![]() I’ve dabbled in different genres, and all the while I was thinking about doing a YA. I’ve always loved reading YA and for years I thought it would be wonderful to write a YA someday. What made you want to write YA, and does it feel different from the other kinds of writing you’ve done? You’ve written adult fiction, nonfiction, a memoir, and now this, your YA debut. Niven spoke with PW from her home in Los Angeles about her personal connection to the story and how she came to tackle yet another genre: YA. It tackles heavy topics such as depression and suicide, but also romance and the many unsung wonders of the state of Indiana. ![]() Now she’s written All the Bright Places, the story of high school seniors Finch and Violet. Clearly author Jennifer Niven likes to mix things up: her books include a series of historical novels set before, during, and after World War II a memoir and an account of a disastrous 1913 scientific expedition to the Arctic. ![]()
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