She lives with her husband and four children outside of salt lake city, utah. Jul 10, 20 crossed is the second book in the matched series for young adults by ally condie. Apr 20, 2019 this board features authors we have met and loved, who have visited the logan library. In a tranquil future with clean streets and no illness, cassia excitedly anticipates learning who will be her governmentdictated marriage match. The highly anticipated second book in the new york times bestselling matched trilogy. A treasury of modern day fairy tales written by bestselling authors. Matched author ally condie on national book tour deseret news. Saturday, september 29 austin teen book festival palmer events center photo opportunity in lifesized reached cover image. In the sequel to yearbook, the characters are in the middle of it all. Utah young adult novelist ally condie signs copies of her new book matched at a dec. But when cassia slides xanders microcard into her port to learn his data a system designed for the more typical match to a stranger, xanders face on the portscreen dissolvesand another. But i have a few authors i would love to meet and have autograph my books. It was the first day of school at lakeview high, more.
Marks auditorium 843 south lincoln street salt lake city, utah 84102 photo. She loves reading, running, eating, and listening to her husband play guitar. The first book in a young adult dystopian trilogy published by dutton books. Her writing has appeared in enthralled, a collaborative anthology of paranormal short stories, as well as the moms club diaries. Well of course my first choice would obviously be ally.
Chasing down an uncertain future, cassia makes her way to the outer provinces in pursuit of kytaken by society to his certain deathonly to find that he has escaped into the majestic. Perfect for fans of 1984, brave new world, black mirror, and the handmaids tale. A treasury of modernday fairy tales written by bestselling authors. Matched is the first book in an utterly compelling series by ally condie.
Rio is a sixteenyearold girl living in atlantia, a city built underwater to preserve human life after the surface of the earth was rendered. Ive mentioned earlier that i knew i wanted each book in the matched trilogy to focus on one of the. Im the author of the new york times bestselling ya novel matched, which was published by dutton penguin in november 2010. Shes incredibly nice and it really felt like we were just having a dialogue. Buy a discounted paperback of matched online from australias leading online bookstore. Two and a half years after we left off, andrea beckett is a. The event will begin at 2pm and is free to all visitors. She studied to be an english teacher at brigham young university. In cassias society, officials decide who people love. Ally describes the society much better in the video below. Jan 01, 2011 utah young adult novelist ally condie signs copies of her new book matched at a dec. Ally condie books list of books by author ally condie.
Opening keynotes ally condie and brendan reichs october 20 at 9. Stranger things, a new mystery from utah author ally condie and. Maybe ally condie will be my writing star i mean the one whom i will look up to and daydream that one day a quote of praise from her will adorn. Ally condie visits pikes peak library district public. Fans of utah young adult novelist ally condie line up for a peek at the author during a launch party for matched at the kings english bookshop. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. Matched, by ally condie, is the first novel in the matched trilogy. Author ally condie is bestknown for her matched trilogy, a futuristic love triangle about a teenage girl whose society chooses everyones mate for them, but who falls in love with someone else. Reached exciting end to ally condies matched trilogy deseret news. But when cassia slides xanders microcard into her port to learn his data a system designed for the more typical match to a stranger, xanders face on the portscreen dissolvesand another face appears. Ally condie is the author of the bestselling matched series and the recently released standalone novel atlantia. Nov 01, 2010 in a tranquil future with clean streets and no illness, cassia excitedly anticipates learning who will be her governmentdictated marriage match. Two presentations were for students and one was for the public. She taught high school english in utah and upstate new york.
Mom buys a summer house for herself, 12yearold cedar, and 8yearold miles in iron creek, where mom grew up. So when he was taken away to be put into a war, i decided that i would go and. Tuesday, november, 7pm the kings english launch event rowland hall st. Mom buys a summer house for herself, 12yearold cedar, and 8yearold miles in. Ally condie is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction.
Ally condie, author of matched, will head off on a national book tour this week and will make a stop in salt lake city on feb. We are excited to introduce you to this dystopia novel about a perfect world where individuals are matched with their husbandwife by the government. Ally condie author of matched meet your next favorite book. Ally will be discussing her work, including the matched trilogy in. Your book and signing line ticket can be picked up at the event.
Veronica roth, cassandra clare, john green, ally condie, suzanne collins, nicole william, stephanie meyers, and more. Its been really fun, condie said in an interview with the deseret news of all the media attention and responses matched has received. The series has been published in more than 30 languages. Her first book series, the yearbook trilogy, was published by deseret book from 2006 to 2008. Author event ally condie summerlost book tour alis book nook. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
There has been a spotlight on utah author ally condies books each year in november as each. Oct 20, 2018 opening keynotes ally condie and brendan reichs october 20 at 9. Its the story of cassia reyes, a 17 year old girl living in. I give it three stars because ally condie did have a poetic turn to her writing though at times it was overdone. However, i fell in love with someone other than my match. But when she gets matched with her best friend and things go wrong she is faced with the wron. Ally condie tour dates saturday, september 29 austin teen book festival palmer events center photo opportunity in lifesized reached cover image tuesday, november, 7pm the kings english launch event rowland hall st. Apr 25, 2019 i am cassia maria reyes, a 18 year old who lives in a nation with a controlling government called the society. She is told who to love where to live and how to live her life and how to end it all by the government. Ally condie is a former high school english teacher who lives with her husband and three sons outside of salt lake city, utah. We have tons of study questions for you here, all completely free. Heres a little recap from the ally condie event this past wednesday.
If you would like to meet ally condie she will be signing books at the university mall deseret book as part of the ladies night event this saturday, april 2nd from 6. Jessica day george, brandon mull, shannon hale, ally condie, and james dashner 42211 book signing by logan book table freya, mary ann, and lacey couldnt resist a picture with all the authors. The event is free and open to the public, with a signing to follow, and i would love to see you there. Ally condie, matched i think matched is absolutely brilliant. March 29, 2016 a year after losing two family members, a girl spends the summer in a small town with a shakespeare festival. See all books authored by ally condie, including matched, and crossed, and more on. A former english teacher, ally lives with her husband and four children outside of salt lake city, utah. In a chillingly easytoimagine whatif scenario, ally condie explores an enthralling and twisty dystopian publishers weekly future in which the government makes all of its citizens decisions, including who they will marry and love, in her matched trilogy of young. Ally condie is a new york times best selling author, and she is considered one of the greatest childrens book writers of all time by publishers weekly. The fiction that ally writes is so amazing that it has been produced in almost forty different languages, and her fiction has traveled all around the world. Matched was chosen as one of yalsas 2011 teens top ten and named as one of publishers weekly.
Crossed is the second book in the matched series for young adults by ally condie. The book of the month for june is matched by ally condie. If you havent read the first book, there will be spoilers below. Author event ally condie kicks off her summerlost book tour at the. Published in february 2014, atlantia is a powerful comingofagestory about finding ones voice. Feb 03, 2011 ally condie, author of matched, will head off on a national book tour this week and will make a stop in salt lake city on feb. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightlycontrolled society in which young people are matched with their life partners at the age of 17. This is the first middlegrade novel by ally condie, the author of the bestselling matched series for teenagers, and she has a gift for expressing complex feelings in clear and lovely images that younger readers can graspsummerlost is swift and entertaining. Ally condie has made an excellent announcement on her facebook page for any of you fans in georgia. However, when viewing the information for her match, the. Mar 28, 2011 if you would like to meet ally condie she will be signing books at the university mall deseret book as part of the ladies night event this saturday, april 2nd from 6.
Notes from a world of playdates, pacifiers, and poignant moments. She will also be at the byu festival of books, june 4th on byu campus and speaking at the orem public library, june 21st at 2. Ally will be discussing her work, including the matched trilogy in join us on tuesday, march 12th for a special discussion with author ally condie. Its the story of cassia reyes, a 17 year old girl living in a future society, where culture has. Bestselling childrens authors ally condie, a utah native, and brendan reichs. For more information and a complete list of events, visit. Marks auditorium 843 south lincoln street salt lake city, utah 84102 photo opportunity in lifesized reached cover. Sep 19, 2009 the book of the month for june is matched by ally condie. Oct 21, 2014 ally condie, matched i think matched is absolutely brilliant. Im the author of the new york times bestselling ya novel matched, which was published by dutton penguin in. I will actually read book 2 because now that the story has moved out of cassias province, maybe the pace will quicken and there will be more external struggle and action. Jul 28, 2014 well i have never been to a book signing.
Ally will also be featured at yall fest 20 in charleston, south carolina on november 9th. The first book in the series matched was optioned by walt disney company. She visited pikes peak library district ppld colorado springs, colo. The darkdeep is a book about these kids who go to this haunted place called still cove where they fall into this large pit which contains fog and this murky water swirling around an island. Allyson braithwaite condie, otherwise known as ally condie, is the author of nine novels.