Things like 'angels' have become nothing more than mythology, and even something as ordinary as a compact is mysterious in this new world. Set in the future, the book takes place after global warming destroyed 'our' world. Matched lives up to the excellent word of mouth being spread about it. Oftentimes, hyped books aren't as good as expected, leaving the reader disappointed. You can follow Ally on Twitter and Instagram (ndie).One of the most highly-anticipated, buzzed about teen books of the year, Matched by Ally Condie, is finally available for fans of Dystopian novels. In 2017, Ally graduated from Vermont College of Fine Arts with a Master’s in Fine Arts Degree in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Ally lives with her husband and four children in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She is the founder and director of the WriteOut Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) foundation that runs writing camps for rural teens.īorn in Cedar City, Utah Ally has a degree in English Teaching from Brigham Young University. Matched was chosen as on of YALSA’s 2011 Teens’ Top Ten and named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s Book of 2011.Īlly is also the author of Atlantia, a New York Times bestseller, and Summerlost, a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. The sequels to the trilogy, Crossed and Reached, are also on the NY Times bestsellers list. The author of young adult and middle grade fiction, Ally’s novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller. The Pandemic – and yes there’s one in the 3 rd book, written over 6 years ago.Teenagers, women, choices and waking up.Experiences of teaching and inspiration.Best dresses, red carpet and the dark side.Our conversation covered these questions and so much more: How did the idea for Matched come about? And why the young adult audience? I had the privilege to talk with Ally recently. This week’s conversation is with Ally Condie The first in a series of three, it has been compared to ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’. Matched, a dystopian young adult novel has been read by a wider readership than the young adult population. The difference: The last year was real and full of fear. What do they have in common? The word ‘dystopian’ comes to mind: ‘relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead fearful lives’.

It didn’t seem possible that a year later we would have a chance to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last week marked the 1 year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic lockdown. And the first in what would become a trilogy. Matched was on the list for more than a year.

This past November marked the 10 year anniversary of the release of Utah author Ally Condie’s Matched, #1 New York Times bestseller. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 30:35 | Recorded on March 16, 2021

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