Rebecca Donovan

Rebecca Donovan is an American novelist.[1][2] Her books have a special appeal to twenty-somethings, a market category publishers call new adult.[3][4]

Rebecca Donovan
BornU.S.
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Website
Official website

Donovan, who had previously worked as an events planner,[1] began as a self-published author, but in 2012, Penguin acquired the U.K. rights to her successful "Breathing" series.[5] In 2013 she signed a contract with the Amazon.com imprint, Skyscape Publishing.[6][7] According to the Boston Globe, to celebrate her publishing contract with Amazon, Donovan "took over" the Blithewold Mansion where she planned and held a party together with friends she had worked together with at Rafanelli Events .[1][6]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Reason to Breathe ISBN 978-1477817148 Reason to Breathe, was listed on the USA Today bestseller list in August, 2012.[8][9]
  • Barely Breathing ISBN 978-1477817179
  • Out of Breath ISBN 978-1477817186 Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013.[10] It was # 6 on the young adult and children bestseller list for 2013 at Amazon.com, the nation's largest volume bookseller.[11][12] Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013.[10] It was also published as an audio book.[13]
  • What If

References
  1. Person, Jill (8 July 2013). "Big deal for Donovan". Boston Globe. Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. Lamb, Joyce. "Interview: Rebecca Donovan, author of 'What If'". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. Naughton, Julie (11 July 2014). "New Adult: A Book Category For Twentysomethings by Twentysomethings". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. Foley, Linds (4 August 2014). "10 steamy New Adult reads you need in your beach bag this summer". sugarscape.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. "Penguin Acquires Self-publishing Success Story – Rebecca Donovan". BookTrade. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. Tremaine, Julie (26 July 2013). "A Bristol Author Redefines Literary Success". The Bay. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. Maughan, Shannon (21 January 2013). "Amazon Children's Publishing Names Two New Imprints". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  8. "Reason to Breathe". USA Today. self-published. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  9. "Amazon Bestseller: Reason to Breathe". Ann Arbor District Library. Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  10. "50 top-selling books". USA Today. Gannett News Service. 10 July 2013.
  11. Greenfield, Jeremy (17 December 2013). "Patterns in Amazon's Year-End Best-Seller List". Digital Book World. Digital Book World. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  12. "Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2013". BusinessWire. BusinessWire. 16 December 2013.
  13. Beauregard, Sue-Ellen (1 June 2013). "Fall Audiobook Preview, 2013". The Booklist (109). Booklist.
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