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About the Author

Mary E. Pearson is the author of three other novels for teens--A Room on Lorelei Street, David v. God, and Scribbler of Dreams.  She writes full-time from her home in Carlsbad, California, where she lives with her husband and two dogs.    

Jenna Lamia's acting credits include appearances on Oz, Law & Order: SVU, and the films The Fighter, The Box, and Something's Wrong in Kansas, among others. In addition to her YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults award-winning of reading The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Jenna has narrated Carol Lynch Williams's The Chosen One, for which she received the 2010 solo narration (female) Audie Award.  She attended Amherst College, New York University, and the Sorbonne in Paris.

Praise for The Adoration of Jenna Fox…

"Jenna Lamia delivers another outstanding understated, yet absolutely riveting performance in The Adoration of Jenna Fox." - 5MinutesForBooks.com "Narrator Jenna Lamia excels at evoking the haunting, yet detached way that Jenna begins to connect the events in her life. Combining science fiction, medical mystery, and teen relationships into an excellent package that is satisfying from beginning to end, this is a must-have for all collections." - School Library Journal “It’s hard to imagine any reader doing as fine a job with this audio as Lamia.  Her vocal tone is faultless throughout, whether she is self-reflecting or interacting with the other impeccably voiced characters.  There were moments during the sometimes-chilling narration when it was quite literally breathtaking.  Jenna is believably torn, confused, angry, and cautiously hopeful during her recovery, growth and ultimate shocking realization of the truth about her accident and the subsequent steps her parents took to save her.  The bonus interview with the author is as engaging and though provoking as Jenna Fox’s story.  Ideal for book discussions and group listening.” - KLIATT, Starred Review "...Lamia becomes the transparent agent of Jenna's story: she leads the listener along that path by keeping her voice continually in the now, her nuanced, authentic teen inflection reflecting Jenna's newly won proficiency with language and her gradual decoding of the emotions and motives of her limited circle of family and friends. Lamia holds the rare gift of communicating not only the words on the page but also the punctuation and white space, infusing all with emotion. Listeners are taken beyond the book by the inclusion of a bonus interview with Pearson, which provides the gripping description of the author's driving force behind the writing." - Horn Book Magazine “Narrator Jenna Lamia, who has a fresh, youthful-sounding voice, assumes the role of the confused teen.  Lamia reads with a strong sense of believability, capturing the tone of a female adolescent with perfection.”  - AudioFile

"The audiobook, ably narrated by Lamia, conveys Jenna's growing sense of dread as she discovers the extent to which her parents have gone to save her life after the accident. The delivery is quiet and almost detached throughout the first part of the audio. Jenna's growing sense of dread is mirrored in the increasingly emotional tones taken on by the narrator." - Teri Lesesne, VOYA

“[Lamia] has to be one of the best voice actors that I’ve heard, easily transitioning between different characters and helping distinguish between them, always clear and concise. Her contribution was certainly a benefit to the novel.” – SciFiChick.com

"Narrator Jenna Lamia brilliantly brings to life one of the most empty -- literally -- young women in fiction" -- Booklist

"Narrator Jenna Lamia, who has a fresh, youthful-sounding voice, assumes the role of the confused teen. Lamia reads with a strong sense of believability, capturing the tone of a female adolescent with perfection." -- AudioFile Magazine