She was greatly inspired by the works of Alan Garner, Ursula LeGuin, and JRR Tolkien, and wrote a fantasy novel when she was 14 years old. So, she became close to books and made them her lifeline. And with her mother’s death in a car accident soon after, her grandparents took them in. Later, her parents entered divorce and Wein and her siblings had to live in America for some time in America with their mother. She tried her hand at writing a story for the first time at the age of 7 along with one of her close friends. Wein attained the habit of reading and writing in Jamaica. She had become fluent in the Jamaican Patois. Wein explains her time in Jamaica to be a lovely one. When Wein became six years old, her father was sent to the West Indies for doing the same job and subsequently, she had to live in Jamaica for 3 years between 19.

Wein’s father, Norman Wein, was employed at the Board of Education of the New York City and was asked to go to England for the purpose of teacher training at the Manchester Metropolitan University. At the age of three, she shifted to England with her parents and started her schooling there.

Author Wein was born on Octoin New York City. She holds the dual citizenship of England and the United States. Another thing that Wein is very passionate about is planes and has obtained the license of a private pilot. Also, she reviews books for the NY Times Book Review and gives her genuine review on all the recently published books. In addition to writing historical fiction and young adult novels, Wein has also written several short stories that have featured in the collections edited by Sharyn November, Terri Windling, and Ellen Datlow. In this particular novel, Wein has described the story of an Air Transport pilot, who gets captured and kept in a concentration camp. In 2013, it was designated the Micahel Printz Award Honor Book.Īfter this novel’s grand success, Wein followed it up with another World War II story called Rose Under Fire. The book received a worldwide appreciation and critical acclaim. This thrilling novel is set around the Second World War and revolves around the friendship between 2 young women from Britain, of which one is a spy and the other is a transport pilot. Another well-known novel by author Wein is her 2012 book called Code Name Verity. These stories mainly focus on Wein’s interpretation of Artos’ son Medraut and his half-British, half-Aksumite son named Telemakos. They describe the narrative set in the 6th-century kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia. The first 5 books penned by Wein recount a different version of the stories of King Arthur. She has written a few widely successful novel series, the most popular one being The Lion Hunters novel series. Elizabeth Wein is a renowned American-born Scottish author, who is famous for writing young adult and historical fiction stories.

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