Ally Condie

Allyson Braithwaite Condie is an American novelist. She is the author of the New York Times Bestsellers The selection (English Original Title Matched ).

Life

Condie attended Brigham Young University and earned a degree as an English teacher. She taught English at a high school in Utah and in upstate New York. She lives with her ​​husband and three sons in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Work

The selection was published under the English title matched by Dutton ( Penguin) in November 2010. It is the first novel of a trilogy. The second book, Crossed, appeared on German, the second volume, The flight appeared, on 20 January 2012 on 1 November 2011. The third volume of The Arrival was released on January 8, 2013 in German language.

The selection is a dystopian novel, which tells the love story of a young couple in a society whose fate is completely predetermined and controlled by higher authorities.

The Walt Disney Company has acquired the film rights and translation rights have been granted to 30 countries. In February 2011, the Roman court had reached 9 in the list of Children's Chapter Books of the New York Times bestseller.