Author guide
Jennifer Niven Books in Order
Jennifer Niven is an Emmy Award-winning American author whose thirteen books include young adult novels, adult historical fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir. Her best-known works include All the Bright Places, Holding Up the Universe, Breathless, Take Me With You When You Go, and When We Were Monsters. Her adult fiction includes the four-book Velva Jean series and Meet the Newmans. Her nonfiction includes The Ice Master, Ada Blackjack, and The Aqua-Net Diaries.
young adult fictionadult fictionhistorical fictionnarrative nonfictionmemoir
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All the Bright Places
The author's best-known standalone young adult novel and a representative entry point.
Velva Jean Learns to Drive
The first book in the Velva Jean series.
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
The author's first published book.
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Books by series
series · completed
Velva Jean
A four-book historical fiction series following Velva Jean Hart through adventures as a driver, pilot, wartime spy, and Hollywood star.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (8)
- The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the KarlukAmazon ↗
narrative nonfiction · 2000
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the ArcticAmazon ↗narrative nonfiction · 2003
- All the Bright PlacesAmazon ↗
young adult novel · 2015
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Holding Up the UniverseAmazon ↗young adult novel · 2016
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BreathlessAmazon ↗young adult novel · 2020
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Take Me With You When You GoAmazon ↗young adult novel · 2021
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When We Were MonstersAmazon ↗young adult novel · 2025
- Meet the NewmansAmazon ↗
novel · 2026
Nonfiction (1)
- The Aqua-Net Diaries: Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small TownAmazon ↗
memoir · 2010