Victoria Aveyard

My name' are Victoria Aveyard, I was born July 27, 1990. I'm an American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction and screenplays. I'm known for my fantasy novel Red Queen. I wrote the novel a year after graduating from University of Southern California's screenwriting program in 2012. Sony Pictures teamed up with me to write spec screenplay Eternal.
I was raised in a small town in western Massachusetts. My parents are public school teachers. I moved to California at the age of eighteen after I was accepted into the University of Southern California, where I studied screenwriting. I'm of Scottish and Italian descent and resides in Santa Monica. I finished my first novel, Red Queen, after I graduated from college. I was inspired to write Red Queen after I graduated from college with a lot of student loan debt and did not see any way to get out of it. I did not traditionally query; I signed with Suzie Townsend after she heard about my work when she was at USC's writing program. Red Queen was published in 2015 and was met with positive reviews, for praise with its storyline and diversity within the characters and plot twists. Red Queen was the recipient of the Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author. Three sequels and one prequel came after. Originally, Red Queen was planned to be a film franchise with Universal Pictures and Elizabeth Banks directing. In 2021, it was announced that the project will be a television series with Peacock with Banks directing and appearing in a recurring role. Before production even began, I announced on Instagram that the series was renewed for a second season. I also wrote the pilot script for Red Queen. In 2021, I released another novel called Realm Breaker which has reached number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list for young adult hardcover books.