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ⓘ About Jeanne DuPrau
Jeanne DuPrau is an American author of fiction. Born in 1944, she is well known to readers for her work on the popular series, the Book of Ember. DuPrau resides in Menlo Park, California, and she drives a hybrid car that can run on electricity and gasoline. She has no children but lots of hobbies when she isn’t practicing or spending time writing. DuPrau admits that she spends several hours a day at the computer thinking up sentences and takes great efforts to write, getting courage from a quotation by Thomas Mann because she can find writing very difficult. It’s one tough word choice decision after another, but also one of the most satisfying things that DuPrau knows how to do. It gives her great joy to keep doing it.
All Book Series by Jeanne DuPrau
Project Alpha
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2015 Anthology · D.J. MacHale
The Seventh Element
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016 Anthology · Wendy Mass
Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1981
Drugs and Sports
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1990 Anthology · Don Nardo
Divorce
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2003 Anthology · Liesa Abrams
Tornadoes
Book 6 of 9 · published 2002 Anthology · Stuart A. Kallen,P.M. Boekhoff
The Big Bang
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2005 Anthology · Don Nardo
Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jeanne DuPrau?
Jeanne DuPrau is an American author of fiction. Born in 1944, she is well known to readers for her work on the popular series, the Book of Ember. DuPrau resides in Menlo Park, California, and she drives a hybrid car that can run on electricity and gasoline.
Which Jeanne DuPrau series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Lucent Overview series, the earliest of Jeanne DuPrau's multi-book series: it opens with Drugs and Sports (1990) and runs to 13 books across 1990–2003, ending with Divorce (2003). Jeanne DuPrau's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jeanne DuPrau written?
Jeanne DuPrau has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2023. 32 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Lucent Overview series with 13 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jeanne DuPrau's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jeanne DuPrau's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lucent Overview (1990–2003, 13 books), The Kidhaven Science Library (1991–2005, 9 books) and Book of Ember (2003–2008, 4 books), plus 1 more.
How are Jeanne DuPrau's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jeanne DuPrau's 41 books into 4 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lucent Overview (13 books, 1990–2003); The Kidhaven Science Library (9 books, 1991–2005); Voyagers (6 books, 2015–2016); Book of Ember (4 books, 2003–2008).