Picture of author.

Audrey Niffenegger

Author of The Time Traveler's Wife

20+ Works 50,195 Members 1,939 Reviews 142 Favorited

About the Author

Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan) is an American writer and artist. She is also a professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), was a show more national bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent and unpredictable absences. The film version, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, is due for release in August 2009. Her latest fiction novel is entitled, Her Fearful Symmetry. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo. by Dennis Hearne, courtesy MacAdam/Cage

Works by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) — Author — 40,208 copies, 1,282 reviews
Her Fearful Symmetry (2009) 7,132 copies, 471 reviews
The Night Bookmobile (2010) 965 copies, 108 reviews
The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005) 527 copies, 17 reviews
Raven Girl (2013) 482 copies, 21 reviews
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories (2015) — Editor — 367 copies, 20 reviews
The Adventuress (2006) 233 copies, 8 reviews
Bizarre Romance (2018) 91 copies, 6 reviews
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane (2012) — Contributor — 56 copies, 1 review
The Time Traveler's Wife: Abridged Edition (2003) 52 copies, 2 reviews

Associated Works

Sense and Sensibility (1811) — Illustrator, some editions — 39,662 copies, 533 reviews
Persuasion (1817) — Illustrator, some editions — 29,844 copies, 535 reviews
Interview with the Vampire (1976) — Preface, some editions — 23,542 copies, 337 reviews
Time and Again (1970) — Foreword, some editions — 4,214 copies, 141 reviews
The Art of Neil Gaiman (2014) — Foreword — 390 copies, 8 reviews
Shadow Show (2012) — Contributor — 388 copies, 31 reviews
Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre (2016) — Contributor — 308 copies, 23 reviews
Four Letter Word: New Love Letters (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 133: What Have We Done (2015) — Introduction — 58 copies, 1 review
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2015) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review
The Guardian Review Book of Short Stories (2011) — Contributor — 51 copies, 1 review
Morte de Smudgie — Illustrator — 1 copy

Tagged

2009 (130) 2010 (117) American (164) American literature (112) art (110) audiobook (110) Audrey Niffenegger (122) book club (176) Chicago (408) contemporary (169) contemporary fiction (263) death (178) England (119) family (143) fantasy (1,133) favorite (166) favorites (186) fiction (4,553) ghosts (403) goodreads (118) graphic novel (332) librarian (161) librarians (247) library (173) literature (128) London (258) love (620) love story (305) marriage (226) novel (481) own (230) read (694) relationships (222) romance (1,443) science fiction (1,212) sisters (108) time travel (2,299) to-read (1,892) twins (319) unread (175)

Common Knowledge

Members

Reviews

A magical premise that fit my lifestyle like a brand-new Santa Claus. The story pivots at the end toward a great ending, but the path to it is sudden and undercooked (and unnecessarily morbid). This kind of reminds me of The Night Circus in terms of the author knowing WHAT should happen and how to make it feel great to read, but not HOW to link everything together.

That being said, this is still a 4-star book for me and a beloved fairy tale for grown-ups.
 
Flagged
tmaluck | 107 other reviews | Nov 17, 2024 |
Incredible love story that helps you gloss over the main part of the book ~ the fact that he time travels!!! It is a really good book!
 
Flagged
Trisha_Thomas | 1,281 other reviews | Nov 13, 2024 |
I knew from the first page that I would love this book. Implausible, and yet it completely works because it is the clear characters and not the fantasy that drives the story. I cannot imagine a more realistic treatment of the effects of time travel. It sent me into a mini-funk over the idea of inevitability.
 
Flagged
crsyshfr21 | 1,281 other reviews | Nov 11, 2024 |
I really disliked this book as I found it dreary and boring and each chapter seemed to drag on and I found the whole story repetitive, I did not warm to the characters and never had any connection with the story.
 
Flagged
DemFen | 1,281 other reviews | Oct 31, 2024 |

Lists

to get (1)
2014 (1)
Ghosts (1)
. (1)

Awards

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Eddie Campbell Illustrator
Neil Gaiman Contributor
A. M. Burrage Contributor
Oliver Onions Contributor
Rebecca Curtis Contributor
M. R. James Contributor
Saki Contributor
Ray Bradbury Contributor
P. G. Wodehouse Contributor
Edith Wharton Contributor
Edgar Allan Poe Contributor
Rudyard Kipling Contributor
A. S. Byatt Contributor
Kelly Link Contributor
Amy Giacalone Contributor
Melanie Tem Contributor
Gail Z. Martin Contributor
Gemma Files Contributor
Sarah Lotz Contributor
Storm Constantine Contributor
Sophia McDougall Contributor
Dan Abnett Contributor
Christopher Fowler Contributor
Thana Niveau Contributor
Alison Littlewood Contributor
Lou Morgan Contributor
Robert Shearman Contributor
Liz Williams Contributor
Will Hill Contributor
Steve Rasnic Tem Contributor
Garry Kilworth Contributor
Lisa Tuttle Contributor
Stephen Volk Contributor
Tim Lebbon Contributor
Paul Meloy Contributor
Chaz Brenchley Contributor
S. L. Grey Contributor
Zen Cho Contributor
Helen Marshall Contributor
Nina Allan Contributor
Anil Menon Contributor
Vandana Singh Contributor
Jay Caselberg Contributor
Jonathan Green Contributor
Sarah Pinborough Contributor
Nicholas Royle Contributor
Rebecca Levene Contributor
Steve Rasnic Tem Contributor
Terry Lamsley Contributor
Eric Brown Contributor
Joe R. Lansdale Contributor
Weston Ochse Contributor
Christopher Priest Contributor
Lavie Tidhar Contributor
Adam Nevill Contributor
Rio Youers Contributor
Philip Reeve Contributor
Ian Whates Cover artist
Phoebe Strole Narrator
Katia Bagnoli Translator
Fred Berman Narrator
Laurel Lefkow Narrator
William Hope Narrator
Jen Sheckels Cover artist
Bianca Amato Narrator
Paula Korhonen Translator
Nicolas Delort Cover artist

Statistics

Works
20
Also by
13
Members
50,195
Popularity
#303
Rating
4.0
Reviews
1,939
ISBNs
236
Languages
26
Favorited
142

Charts & Graphs