Adrienne Kress author biography, plus links to books by Adrienne Kress.

Adrienne Kress

Adrienne Kress is an actor and author born and residing in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of two children's novels and two young adult novels: Alex And The Ironic Gentleman, Timothy And The Dragon's Gate, The Friday Society and Outcast. Published around the world, Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, was featured in the New York Post as a "Post Potter Pick," as well as on the CBS early show. It also won the Heart of Hawick award in the UK. The sequel, i>Timothy And The Dragon's Gate, was nominated for the Audie, Red Cedar and Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards, and was optioned for film. And her debut YA, The Friday Society, was nominated for the Quill Award and was optioned for television.

She's contributed to anthologies: Corsets & Clockwork (YA Steampunk Romance short story anthology, Running Press Kids),The Girl Who Was On Fire (an essay anthology analysing the Hunger Games series) and Complete Guide To Writing For The Young Adult. She also wrote, produced and directed the play A Weekend In The Country for both the Summerworks Festival in Toronto, Canada, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. And she co-wrote/produced/directed (and even starred in) the webseries Ryan Gosling Must Be Stopped.

Adrienne is also an actor with an honours BA in theatre from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of LAMDA's post-graduate classical acting programme in the UK.

Adrienne also loves hot chocolate. And cheese. Not necessarily together. Her website www.AdrienneKress.com

This biography was last updated on 09/18/2007.

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