Veronica Roth By Alexis

Here is an inside scoop from the famous author of Divergent! Veronica Roth is an American novelist and short story writer known for her debut New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy, consisting of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. She also wrote the companion novel, Four: A Divergent Collection. Divergent was the recipient of the Goodreads  Favorite Book of 2011 and the 2012 winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Veronica is 26 years of age. She was born in New York, but was raised in Illinois. Veronica graduated from Barrington High School. After attending a year of college at Carleton College, she transferred to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for its creative writing program. She has no kids, but she has been married to Nelson Fitch since 2011. Roth sold the film rights to the Divergent series to Summit Entertainment.

          Her inspiration for her famous story Divergent is really interesting. While she was writing, she had four things that inspired her. The first one was from college, where she learned about exposure therapy to help people overcome their phobias. The second one was from listening to a song while driving to Minnesota. The third was because she was inspired by the book, Harry Potter. Lastly, the fourth thing that she was inspired by was herself, and that’s how she created the character, Tris.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Roth

http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/p/faqs.html