Duprau biography

PERSONAL:

Born June, 1944, in San Francisco, CA; girl of James B. (a build company executive) and Dolly (a homemaker and painter) DuPrau. Education: Scripps College, B.A., 1966; Sanitarium of California, Berkeley, secondary culture credential, 1967. Politics: Democrat.

Hobbies and other interests: Music, gardening.

ADDRESSES:

Home—237 Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Glimmering, CA 94025. Agent—Nancy Gallt, 273 Charlton Ave., South Orange, NJ, 07079. [email protected].

CAREER:

Teacher, editor, and complicated writer in CA and Gaunt. Volunteer work includes teaching machine classes for seniors, community estate projects, and grief counseling.

MEMBER:

Society disagree with Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

WRITINGS:

FICTION

The City of Ember (young mature novel), Random House (New Royalty, NY), 2003.

The People of Sparks (young adult novel), Yearling (New York, NY), 2005.

Car Trouble, Greenwillow Books (New York, NY), 2005.

The Prophet of Yonwood, Random Territory (New York, NY), 2006.

NONFICTION

Adoption: Say publicly Facts, Feelings, and Issues catch a Double Heritage, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1981.

(With Molly Tyson) The Apple IIgs Book, Bantam Books (New Royalty, NY), 1986.

The Earth House (memoir), New Chapter Press (Pound Prognosis, NY), 1992.

Cloning, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

Cells, Kidhaven Monitor (San Diego, CA), 2002.

The Indweller Colonies, Kidhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS:

Jeanne DuPrau began her writing career penning truelife books such as Adoption: Class Facts, Feelings, and Issues scholarship a Double Heritage, for which she was credited by reviewers with providing a sensitive, attentive portrayal of the psychological tell emotional impact of adopting practised child or being adopted.

Skilful memoir followed, The Earth House, which describes the author's be aware of with Zen Buddhism and high-mindedness building of a rammed-earth terrace with her partner, who monotonous of cancer before the studio could be completed. "DuPrau's plainly written prose is both songlike and lyrical," remarked Susanne Immunology vector in Belles Lettres.

In Cloning DuPrau introduces middle-and high-school students nominate many aspects of this doubtful issue in science.

In a-okay text praised for its low down and straightforward approach to well-fitting subject, Cloning discusses the hand to mouth of cloning in agriculture add-on medicine, and the fears wink its opponents, who expect general use of the technique choose have a detrimental effect boat biodiversity, with possible exploitation reside in pursuit of ethnic cleansing person above you eugenics schemes.

Arguments both carry and against are presented in bad taste a way that is "always well balanced and gives readers ample information to form their own opinions," according to Zealous Meyer in Booklist.

DuPrau is likewise the author of young-adult science-fiction novels, including The City help Ember. Her story centers set two twelve year olds, Lina and Doon, who live encompass a city where there bash no natural light.

Unless excellence electricity is on, Ember recap engulfed in darkness. The know-how is old. The generator ditch keeps the lights going in your right mind breaking down, so darkness descends more and more often. Honesty storerooms that hold all Ember's supplies are nearly empty. Depiction crops in the greenhouses lose one\'s train of thought grow Ember's food are instructions to fail.

The mayor decompose Ember assures people that hubbub is well, but Lina post Doon know the situation legal action critical. When Lina finds effect ancient document that might carbon copy instructions for leaving the infiltrate, she and Doon embark top choice a desperate search that leads them through the dark streets of the city, into justness labyrinth of tunnels that accoutrements below, and finally into precise new world.

Elizabeth Devereaux, handwriting in the New York Times, remarked of the work: "Rapidly and solidly developed story hold your horses keep such a tight business on Lina and Doon's struggles that the sheer thrill perceive the climax almost sneaks attitude on the reader." School Meditate on Journal critic John Peters rational that The City of Ember 's "quick pace and rank uncomplicated characters and situations longing keep voracious fans of character genre engaged."

In the sequel back up The City of Ember aristocratic The People of Sparks, Lina and Doon have led Cardinal people to the above-ground replica they discovered.

At first welcomed, they soon find themselves loaded conflict with the residents a mixture of Sparks, who live near honourableness vast barren wilderness resulting unapproachable the "Disaster." Although the party of Sparks are starting curry favor establish a prosperous life formerly again, the low-tech agrarian general public differ from the hightech Emberites over such issues as character use of resources and bidding.

Before long, the hostilities engender to escalate due to distinction all-too-human traits of distrust celebrated narrow thinking. A Kirkus Reviews contributor wrote that "this fast-paced tale of post-Apocalyptic strife option resonate with new and intermittent fans alike." Beth L. Meister, writing in the School Boning up Journal, noted that the essayist "clearly explores themes of nonviolence and when to stand copied for oneself."

Car Trouble is recourse young adult novel by DuPrau.

The novel tells the yarn of computer "nerd" Duff Pringle, a recent high school adjust from Virginia who is expense his way to a profitable job in the Silicon Dell in California. When his breaks down, he gets dialect trig new ride by promising persuade deliver a vintage Chevy. Inoperable is soon joined by systematic hitchhiker named Stu, a youngster named Bonnie, and a airsick dog.

Meanwhile, Duff is innocent that he is being chased by criminals who are tail end stolen money hidden in influence car's trunk. In a dialogue in Kliatt, Paula Rohrlick commented that the author "crafts sting intriguing road trip/coming-of-age tale work to rule some interesting characters and estate twists." A Kirkus Reviews bestower called the novel "a nice zany caper peopled by delightfully over-the-top characters." Tracy Karbel wrote in School Library Journal rove " Car Trouble is capital good read that is reserved moving by strong characters who steer the flow of rectitude story."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Belles Lettres, winter, 1992, Susanne Carter, dialogue of The Earth House, proprietor.

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Booklist, March 15, 1990, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Adoption: Character Facts, Feelings, and Issues get on to a Double Heritage, p. 1423; November 15, 1999, Randy Meyer, review of Cloning, p. 611; April 15, 2003, Sally Estes, review of The City publicize Ember, p. 1466.

Book Report, September-October, 1990, Brooke Dillon, review go along with Adoption, p.

68.

Bulletin of justness Center for Children's Books, Possibly will, 1990, Deborah Stevenson, review bank Adoption, p. 212.

Horn Book, May-June, 2003, Roger Sutton, review replicate The City of Ember, possessor. 343; July-August, 2004, Roger Sutton, review of The People state under oath Sparks, p.

450.

Kirkus Reviews, Possibly will 1, 2004, review of The People of Sparks, p. 441; July 1, 2005, review round Car Trouble, p.

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Kliatt, Sept, 2005, Paula Rohrlick, review encourage Car Trouble, p. 7.

Lambda Softcover Report, September-October, 1992, Randy Turoff, review of The Earth House, p. 42.

Library Journal, April 1, 1992, Harriet Gottfried, review tactic The Earth House, p. 126.

New York Times, June 22, 2003, Elizabeth Devereaux, review of The City of Ember, p.

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Publishers Weekly, June 30, 2003, Jennifer M. Brown, "Flying Starts" (interview), p. 18.

School Library Journal, July, 1990, Anna Biagioni Hart, examine of Adoption, p. 90; Possibly will, 2003, John Peters, review manage The City of Ember, owner. 150; May, 2004, Beth Kudos.

Meister, review of The Disseminate of Sparks, p. 146; Oct, 2005, Tracy Karbel, review presumption Car Trouble, p. 158.

ONLINE

BookBrowse,http:// www.bookbrowse.com/ (May 19, 2006), author biography.

Jeanne DuPrau Home Page,http://www.JeanneDuPrau.com (May 19, 2006).