Mary E. Pearson

Pearson in 2014
Born	August 14, 1955 Southern California
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1999–present
Website
marypearson.com

Mary E. Pearson (born August 14, 1955) is an American children's writer best known for young adult fiction.

Her book A Room on Lorelei Street won the 2006 Golden Kite Award for fiction.^[1] Her book The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award^[2] and is being adapted into a movie.^[3]

Selected works

• David v. God (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000)
• Scribbler of Dreams (Harcourt Paperbacks, 2002)
• A Room on Lorelei Street (Henry Holt and Co., 2005)
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt, 2008)
• The Miles Between (Holt, 2009)
• The Fox Inheritance (Holt, 2011)
• Fox Forever (Holt, 2013)

The Remnant Chronicles

1. The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014)
2. The Heart of Betrayal (Holt, 2015)
3. The Beauty of Darkness (Holt, 2016)

Picture books

• Pickles in My Soup, illustrated by Tom Payne (New York: Children's Press, 1999), LCCN 99-22470
• Where's Max?, illus. Samantha L. Walker (Children's, 2000), LCCN 99-57172

References

1. Golden Kite Award Recipients
2. “Interview with Mary E. Pearson”, Charles A. Tan, August 8, 2009.
3. “Q&A with Mary E. Pearson”, Sue Corbett, Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2008.

External links

• Official website
• Mary Pearson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 17 catalog records