Beth Revis is an American author of fantasy and science fiction , mainly for the young adult audience. She is best known for the Across the Universe trilogy, which consists of the novels Across the Universe , A Million Suns and Shades of Earth . Revis resides in North Carolina.
8-595: Revis' first published novel was Across the Universe , which debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List for Children's Chapter Books at #7 in January 2011. There have been two sequels to the book: A Million Suns (January 2012) and Shades of Earth (January 2013), as well as a standalone novel set in the same universe, The Body Electric (2014). She has also written short stories in
16-520: A Kirkus starred review. It was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal , and chosen as a YALSA Teens Top Ten book for 2012. The sequel, A Million Suns , debuted on the bestseller list at #10. It was named a Best Teen Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews. When the final book in the series, Shades of Earth , received more pre-orders than the previous two books combined, Revis' publisher launched
24-496: A murder mystery, and save the ship. They must hurry before the murderer kills any more people, and before time runs out of life. The first three books in the series make up the original trilogy, published by Penguin Books . The fourth book is a standalone novel set in the same universe, and was self-published by Revis. Revis has also written short fiction that takes place in the universe of her trilogy, including As They Slip Away ,
32-584: A novella available as a free download from Penguin Teen, as well as short stories in the anthologies After (edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling ), which includes The other Elder ; Shards and Ashes (edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong ), which includes Love is a choice ; and Defy the Dark (edited by Sandra Mitchell). Across the Universe debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List for Children's Chapter Books at #7 in January 2011, and received
40-484: The Universe is a trilogy of young adult science fiction novels written by American author Beth Revis . Chronicling the life of Amy Martin aboard a generation ship hundreds of years in the future, Across the Universe , the first novel published in 2011 by Razorbill , received a starred Kirkus review and made the New York Bestseller List for Children's Chapter Books. Hundreds of years in
48-403: The collection into three separate books: Volume 1: Some Writing Advice , Volume 2: Some Publishing Advice , and Volume 3: Some Marketing Advice . In July, 2016 Revis's second standalone novel, A World Without You, was published by Razorbill . Her work has also been featured in various young adult anthologies and compilations. Across the Universe (Revis novel) Across
56-402: The future, the spaceship Godspeed travels toward a distant, earth-like planet with 100 cryogenically frozen settlers on board. Seventeen year old Amy, frozen along with her parents, wakes early and only to find herself in the middle of a strange, regimented society made up of those born on the ship over generations. With the help of Elder, the ship's only teenager and future leader, she must solve
64-589: The same universe that appear in After , edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling , and Shards and Ashes , edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong . In 2015, Revis published a series of books on writing and publishing, called the Paper Hearts series. The series began as a collection of informational essays and comments in response to questions aspiring writers had, which she had originally posted on Wattpad . When it gained immense popularity, Revis rewrote
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