Researching Your Author

Rick Yancey-
Rick Yancey has wrote a total of 15 novels, 1 which is a memoir. He has received awards for some of his more popular novels like The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, which is a series of books about obviously, The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp. He is also well-known for his 5th Wave series, which includes The 5th Wave, The Infinite Sea, and soon to be, The Last Star. His novel, The 5th Wave was a New York Times bestseller, which is part of the reason why I was able to read this book. Rick Yancey was born in Miami, Florida yet his new parents drove to meet him, there, he was given his new name of John Richard. Rick's dad often confused the names of Rick and his older brother Jay, which annoyed Rick so Rick's dad gave him many nicknames to distinguish the 2. His dad was a lawyer and politician. Rick grew up on a ranch in Florida. Rick had always enjoyed reading, and his dad would buy him his oh-so-loved books by Dr. Suess. Rick's parents were strict and precise. His dad was certain that he wanted Rick to become a lawyer, obviously this didn't happen because now Rick is a best-selling author. When Rick became a teen, his dad had bought 200 acres of land near a swampy area in central Florida. This land needed to be cleared, so Rick's teen job was to work on that land and clear away trees, bushes and rocks. Not the best job if you ask me.


So, how did Rick get into writing? Well it all started in seventh grade, where Rick was assigned to write a short-story. He wrote this, and not being a particularly good student, was shocked when he received an A on his paper. That day he declared that he wanted to become a writer.

Before becoming a writer, Rick taught some english classes and did some acting and drama at the local theater in Florida. Rick also began to write screenplay in his spare time. He would enjoy to make stories about new characters that he thought of earlier that day. Now Rick Yancey has started a family, and has three children. He also now writes full-time, and particularly writes in his new series The 5th Wave. These novels are science fiction, and appeal to mainly young adults, and base around the idea that aliens have attacked to earth in waves, and now it is up to the main character Cassie, to get her brother back from the aliens that she thinks have captured him. She doesn't know where she is going, or where to look, but she won't stop until she finds him.

Rick Yancey has is own website and the information that I got for this blog came from his website which I linked below.


Link to Rick Yancey's website