Victoria Aveyard

Aveyard was born in Massachusetts, but moved to California at the age of eighteen when she got accepted into USC, where she studied screenwriting. She is of Scottish and Italian descent and resides in Santa Monica, were she lives with her partner and dog.

Aveyard did not write any books until after she graduated from USC. She said she was inspired to write Red Queen after she graduated college with a lot of student loan debt and did not see any way to get out of it, she used that and growing up in a post 9/11 world to write Red Queen. Victoria did not traditionally query, she signed with Suzie Townsend after she heard about her work when she was at USC's writing programme. Red Queen was published in 2015 and was met with positive reviews, for praise with its storyline and diversity within the characters and plot twists. Three sequels came out after that and one prequel, Aveyard also worked on another book series called Realm Breaker which has reached number one on the New York Time's bestseller list. Originally, Red Queen was planned to be a film franchise with universal and Elizabeth Banks directing. In 2021, it was announced that the project will be a television series with Peacock, with Banks directing and appearing in a recurring role. Before production even began, Aveyard announced on Instagram that the series was renewed for a second season. Aveyard also wrote the pilot script for Red Queen.

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Victoria Aveyard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalog records