Rick Yancey (www.rickyancey.com) is the author of the New York Times bestseller The 5th Wave, The Infinite Sea, several adult novels, and the memoir Confessions of a Tax Collector. His first young-adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, his novel, The Monstrumologist, received a Michael L. Printz Honor, and the sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. When he isn't writing or thinking about writing or traveling the country talking about writing, Rick is hanging out with his family.
A New York Times bestseller
A USA Today bestseller
Winner of the 2014 Red House Children's Book Award
2014 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the
Year
A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."
—Entertainment Weekly
“It has the dark, swoopy adrenaline of The Hunger Games, but
the elegiac tone of The Road. Who cares what shelf you find it
on? Just read it.”
—EW.com
“Makes for an exhilarating reading experience.”
—Tor.com
“Wildly entertaining.... I couldn’t turn the pages fast
enough.”
—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review
"A modern sci-fi masterpiece... should do for aliens
what Twilight did for vampires."
—USAToday.com
"Step aside, Katniss."
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Action-packed intrigue."
—MTV.com
*"Gripping!"
—Publishers Weekly, *starred review*
*"Nothing short of amazing!"
—Kirkus Reviews, *starred review*
*"Yancey's heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big
heroics and bigger surprises, is part War of the Worlds,
part Starship Troopers, part Invasion of the Body
Snatchers, and part The Stand . . . a sure thing for
reviewers and readers alike."
—Booklist *starred review*
"This is DAMN and WOW territory. Quite simply, one of the
best books I've read in years."
—Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author
"Breathtakingly fast-paced and original, The 5th Wave is
a reading tsunami that grabs hold and won't let go. A
postapocalyptic alien invasion story with a smart, vulnerable
heroine."
—Melissa De La Cruz, New York Times bestselling
author of the Blue Bloods series
"A fantastic read. The 5th Wave is an electrifying
page-turner."
—Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author
"Prepare to set everything else aside when you launch into this
one. The break-neck pace and high stakes will draw you in, but it's
the characters who will keep you turning pages. It's been a long
time since I've read a story this compelling."
—Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling
author
Other awards for Rick Yancey:
The Monstrumologist Series: Printz Honor Book, YALSA Readers’
Choice List – Best Book for Young Adults, Kirkus’ Best Teen Books,
Booklist Editors’ Choice for Youth, Los Angeles Times Book Award
Finalist—Best Young Adult Literature, Tayshas Reading List (Texas
Library Association), NCTE’s Walden Book Award Finalist, Garden
State Teen Book Award Nominee, Teen Choice Book of the Year
Nominee, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice
Award Nominee
The Alfred Kropp Series: A Publishers Weekly Best
Book of the Year, A Book Sense Pick Best Books of
the Year, A BookBrowse Recommendation, A Texas
Lone Star Reading List Selection, A Sunshine State Readers
List Selection, Featured Author/Book - Scholastic Book
Fairs , Nominated for the Carnegie Medal
(U.K.), Nominee for the Grand Canyon Reader Award
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