1. Jeanne Duprau and
The City of Ember

2. Books The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Prophet of Yonwood
The Diamond of Darkhold
Car Trouble
Cloning
And more!

3. Facts Born in June, 1944 Lives in Menlo, California
Currently owns a Norfolk Terrier named Jockey
Outside of writing she has been an ice skater, bird watcher, mediator, house builder, gardener, piano player, and a gourmet vegetarian cook.

4. Facts
Attended Scripps College, got a BA in English literature and University of California Berkeley.
She began writing when she was six. She loved to write about mysterious things.
Jeanne likes gardening and music
Her Father (James) was a steel and company executive and her mother Dolly was a painter and homemaker.

5. Awards Kirkus 2003 Editor's Choice Publisher's Weekly Flying Start
American Library Association Notable Book
Kirkus 2003 Editor's Choice
Publisher's Weekly Flying Start
Borders Original Voices
Several weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List (Children's Paperback Fiction)
New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

6. Awards Child Magazine, Best Children's Books of 2003
Winner for children's literature, California Book Awards, Commonwealth Club of California
Chapman Award for Shared Reading

7. Awards
State readers' choice award winner in: Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Kansas, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, and New Mexico.

8. Utopia
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
What would your Utopia look like?

9. Distopia
An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically an environmentally degraded one.
What would your Distopia look like?