Kiersten White
White at the 2018 Texas Teen Book Festival
Born	Kiersten White 1983 (age 42–43) Utah
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Brigham Young University
Notable awards	Best Novel by a New Author (2010) Speculative Youth Fiction (2014) YALSA Teen Top Ten Award (2015)
Website
kierstenwhite.com

Kiersten White is an American author of fiction for children, young adults, and adults. Her first book,Paranormalcy, was published byHarperCollins in 2010.^[1]

White graduated in 2004 fromBrigham Young University, where she studied English.^[2] She lives with her family inSan Diego, California.^[3] White was raised Mormon but is no longer practicing.^[4] She is bisexual.^[5]

White is a writer covering a variety of genres (fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal, horror); she writes middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction.

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein won the 2018 Bram Stoker Award for Young Adult category.^[6] White's first novel,Paranormalcy (2009), debuted at #7 on theNew York Times Best Seller list in the "Children's Books—Chapter Books" category.^[7] The Utah Book Awards presented White with the Young Adult book award in 2011.^[8] The book has garnered praise in the 2010 Librarian Preview.^[9] A subsequent work received mention on the Lone Star Reading List,Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scary Tales (2017);^[10]And I Darken (2016) received mention on the 2017 Rainbow Book List.^[11] In 2022, her novelStar Wars: Padawan debuted at number one on theNew York Times Best Seller list.^[12]

• The Chaos of Stars (2013;HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0062135926
• Illusions of Fate (2014; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0062135896
• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (2018;Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0525577942^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}
• Hide (2022;Del Rey Books) –ISBN 978-0593359235^[20]
• Mister Magic (2023; Del Rey Books) –ISBN 978-0593359266^[21][22]
• Lucy Undying (2024; Del Rey Books) -ISBN 9780593724408^[23][24]

• Reality No-Show (2016;Serial Box) –ISBN 978-1682100998
• The End of the Beginning (2016; Serial Box) –ISBN 978-1682101087

1. Paranormalcy (2010; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0061985843
2. Supernaturally (2011; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0061985867
3. Endlessly (2012; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0061985881

1. Mind Games (2013; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0062135315
2. Perfect Lies (2014; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0062135841

Novellas:

• 0.5.Annie and Fia (2013; HarperTeen) –ISBN 978-0062321497 (e-book)

1. And I Darken (2016; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0553522310
2. Now I Rise (2017; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0553522358
3. Bright We Burn (2018; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0553522396

1. The Guinevere Deception (2019; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0525581673
2. The Camelot Betrayal (2020; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0525581710
3. The Excalibur Curse (2021; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0525581758

1. Wretched Waterpark (2022; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0593379042
2. Vampiric Vacation (2022; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0593379080
3. Camp Creepy (2023; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0593379127
4. Menacing Manor (2023; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0593570012
5. Haunted Holiday (2024; Delacorte Press) –ISBN 978-0593570050

1. Slayer (2019;Simon Pulse) –ISBN 978-1534404953
2. Chosen (2020; Simon Pulse) –ISBN 978-1534404984

• From a Certain Point of View:
  • Eyes of the Empire (2020; Del Rey Books) –ISBN 978-0593157749
• Padawan (2022; Disney-Lucasfilm Press) –ISBN 978-3833242571

• Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales (2017;Scholastic) –ISBN 978-0545940603

• In the Shadows with Jim Di Bartolo (2014; Scholastic) –ISBN 978-0545561440

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Writers from San Diego
• 21st-century American women novelists
• 21st-century American novelists
• 21st-century American LGBTQ people
• Bisexual women writers
• Bisexual novelists
• Novelists from California
• Novelists from Utah
• American writers of young adult literature
• American women writers of young adult literature
• American fantasy writers
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• American LGBTQ novelists
• American bisexual writers
• American bisexual women
• LGBTQ people from California

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