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  1. He is the author of over fifty books that span everything from poetry to short stories and criticism as well as fiction. His books have won a variety of awards from the American Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, Howells Medal, and Rosenthal Award.His first book ever published was a poetry collection.

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    • The Transfer (Novella) This is the story of how it all begins for charismatic Tobias Eaton, known as Four in the first movie, told through his eyes and revealing his intriguing backstory.
    • The Initiate (Novella) This short story is the next installment of Four’s story, revealing previously unknown dimensions of his personality and relationships before Tris that are integral to the main story.
    • The Son (Novella) The third novella written from Four’s point of view, this story tells of his first ever date, what really happened to his mother, and how he learns to become independent, and more importantly that he truly belongs to no one faction.
    • Divergent. This was the first of the books to be published and is the book on which the first movie is based. This is the book in which the 5 factions of the society are explained, and it follows the story of Beatrice Prior, beginning with her choosing day when she shockingly chooses a different faction to the rest of her family.
  2. Mar 12, 2018 · The Divergent series is a Young Adult science fiction series written by Veronica Roth. The story takes place in a dystopian society divided into five factions – Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). The citizens are defined by their social and personality ...

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  3. Divergent is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by American novelist Veronica Roth set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian Chicago. [1] The trilogy consists of Divergent (2011), Insurgent (2012), and Allegiant (2013). [2][3] A related book, Four (2014), presents a series of short stories told from the perspective of one of the ...

  4. Remarkably, Roth sold the film rights to “Divergent” before the book even hit the shelves. In 2012, she again won an award – this time it was the GoodReads Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction award. “Divergent” stayed on the list for over 12 weeks and also was #1 on New York Times Best Sellers Paperback list.

  5. Oct 31, 2019 · As Charles McGrath explains in an essay on “Roth/Updike” that was published in the Autumn 2019 edition of The Hudson Review, he had the privilege of knowing John Updike well enough to play golf with him and Philip Roth enough to visit him in his home. Those privileges came to him because he was a literary insider, one whose essays appeared ...

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  7. May 23, 2018 · He took this furthest in The Counterlife and Operation Shylock —big, tricky novels about writing and lies. Both books combine the metafictional games with the exuberant use of one of Roth’s ...