A. M. Jenkins

Amanda McRaney Jenkins (born 1961) is an American writer of young adult fiction. Her novels have received considerable recognition, including the Delacorte Prize for Breaking Boxes,[1] and a Printz Honor for Repossessed.[2]

Amanda McRaney Jenkins
Born1961 (age 61–62)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreYoung adult fiction

Jenkins was born in 1961 and has lived all her life in Texas.[3] She now lives in Benbrook with two of her three sons and assorted pets.[4] Before writing full-time, she was a high school math teacher.[5]

Awards and honors

In 2005, Jenkins received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, a stipend intended to grant a measure of financial freedom to a writer of children's or YA literature.[6][4]

Awards for Jenkins's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1997 Breaking Boxes Delacorte Press Prize for a First YA Novel Winner [7]
2002 Damage ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 [8][9]
2007 Repossessed Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Fiction Finalist [10]
2008 Repossessed Michael L. Printz Award Honor [11]

Publications
TitleReleasedAdditional formatsDescription
Breakig Boxes10/1/1997Hardcover, PaperbackThe story of a 16-year-old loner named Charlie Calmont, his older brother Trent, and how they get by after both of their parents are gone. It is also the story of Charlie's first real, heart-breaking friendship.
Damage1/1/2001Hardcover, E-Book, PaperbackWhat you really want to do is give up trying. Lay your head down on the steering wheel and quit sneezing, quit breathing, quit trying.The problem is, you can't. Just quit, that is. When people want to quit, they have to choose. Make a decision. Take action.
Out of Order9/1/2003Hardcover, E-Book, PaperbackColt's perfect life crumbles when his girlfriend breaks up with him and looming academic ineligibility threatens his baseball career. For a guy who gets by on his good looks and talent with a bat, Colt knows that he could be facing his toughest challenge ever.
Beating Heart1/1/2006Hardcover, E-Book, PaperbackShe haunts his dreams. She is a momentary chill in warm sunlight, a shadow, and a memory of secret kisses and hidden passion. He is seventeen, and ever since he moved into this house he has dreamt of her... hot, wordless dreams that turn darker and more intense every night. Ghost and boy fascinate each other—until her memories and his desire collide in a moment that changes them both forever.
Repossessed6/1/2007Hardcover, E-Book, PaperbackDon't call me a demon. I prefer the term Fallen Angel. Everybody deserves a vacation, right? Especially if you have a pointless job like tormenting the damned. So who could blame me for blowing off my duties and taking a small, unauthorized break? Besides, I've always wanted to see what physical existence is like. That's why I "borrowed" the slightly used body of a slacker teen. Believe me, he wasn't going to be using it anymore anyway. I have never understood why humans do the things they do. Like sin—if it's so terrible, why do they keep doing it? I'm going to have a lot of fun finding out!
Night Road6/1/2008Hardcover, E-Book, PaperbackAccidents happen. Someone had lost control and killed without meaning to. Cole may look like an average teen, but a century of nourishing himself on blood has taught him an extraordinary level of caution and control. He's a master of life on the road and he thinks he's prepared for anything. But not everyone is as careful as he is, and Cole is about to learn that even the best of plans can go wrong.
Queen of the Masquerade
Hallowmere Book 5
Cowritten with Tiffany Trent		8/12/2008PaperbackChristina wakes in a new world with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Tasked with solving a riddle that will save the duke and duchess who rescue her and take her in as a changeling, Christina seeks to puzzle out just what she's doing here and why her memory has fled. But the riddle isn't just a key to saving the duke and duchess—it's Christina's key to something far more dire, a mission she knows she must remember, one that involves the strange young man who keeps appearing in odd places. Is the riddle a prophecy or a warning?

References
  1. "Breaking Boxes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. YALSA Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Author's website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  4. "A. M. Jenkins Books & Biography". HarperCollins Canada. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  5. "A. M. Jenkins". Scholastic Press. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02.
  6. "PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children's and Young Adult Novelists". PEN America. 2019-02-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  7. "Breaking Boxes by A. M. Jenkins". Publishers Weekly. 1997-09-01. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  8. "Best Books for Young Adults | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  9. Gilbert, Nichole (2007-02-26). "YALSA announces Best Books For Young Adults". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  10. "2007 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  11. Morales, Macey; Petersen, Jennifer (2008-01-14). "Geraldine McCaughrean Wins 2008 Printz Award". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
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