Veronica Roth - writer, author of a series of books "Divergent". Her works not only fell in love with readers, but also became the basis for adaptations. Roth books are written in the dystopian genre.
Biography
Veronica Roth celebrates her birthday on August 19th. She was born in 1988 in the USA in Chicago. In the family of the Polish artist and ethnic German, Veronika became the third child. She has a brother and sister, Karl and Ingrid. The writer’s mother is Barbara Reeds, and her father is Edgar Gustav Roth. Veronica grew up in an incomplete family, her parents divorced when she was five years old. Veronica, Karl and Ingrid had a stepfather, Frank Ross. He worked in the field of finance.
Roth began her philological education by choosing Northwestern University. She additionally took courses in writing and dropped out of school to take up a book. Veronica was right: her works became world famous. In 2012, Roth was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards.
Creation
The first novel of the writer was released in 2011. It was "Divergent", which in the future gave the name to a series of works and films. The mouth created a fantasy world where people are divided into castes. It does not do without rogue. By the way, the action takes place in the hometown of Veronica - Chicago.
People who belong to one of the castes must struggle with a certain vice, for example, hypocrisy, ignorance, aggression, cowardice and selfishness. Each fraction wears clothes of a certain color and has its own symbols. Some castes compete. In the main character, a tendency to 3rd castes is revealed.
The second book, Insurgent, was published in 2012. The novel is on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list in 2014. The third novel did not keep fans of the Roth universe waiting for a long time and was released in 2013. It is called "Elligent." In addition, Veronica wrote the book Four. The story of the divergent, which consists of several stories. Among them: “Free Four, ” “Transition, ” “Initiated, ” “Son, ” and “Traitor.”
Adaptations
According to the books of Veronica, they made 3 films. Divergent, Divergent, Chapter 2: Insurgent, and Divergent, Chapter 3: Behind the Wall, were screened in 2014, 2015, and 2016. The main character was played by Shailene Dianne Woodley, star of the television series Secret Life of an American Teenager and the tragicomedy Descendants.
Also in the trilogy "Divergent" starred Englishman Theo James, model Ashley Judd, Australian Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, singer Zoe Kravitz, as well as famous actresses Kate Winslet and Naomi Watts. The directors of the paintings were Neil Berger and Robert Schwentke.
