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Ake-Charboneau is an American author from the Midwest region of the United States. She is best known for the strong connections amongst her characters, and the construction of the family unit. While Ake-Charboneau's style varies, she tends to write books in the drama, thriller, or slice-of-life category. Ake-Charboneau's breakout novel Where Charlie Was went on to international fame, and instantly garnered a following. Subsequent books have also received positive feedback, and have "earned Ake-Charboneau's spot among the great YA writers of our time".

Life
Ake-Charboneau was born in Arkansas, she also lived in Oklahoma, Kansas and Spain. While not much is known about her childhood, she told NPR in an interview that she grew up on an airport and was homeschooled for much of her life. Ake-Charboneau graduated from Wichita State University in 2017 with a degree in Art History and Spanish.

She began writing at a young age, stating that her first story was written at "seven or eight-years-old". As a teenager, she was first published in the religious magazine Inside Out in 2013. As a teenager, she also won a writing contest on writing.com with the short story "The Valley of Dried Bones". For a while, Ake-Charboneau did not enter any contests and worked on unpublished books. Then she began writing for Narrative Magazine and Apex Magazine by this time, she had finished her first book Where Charlie Was and was merely looking for recognition.

Genre and Style
New York Times calls Ake-Charboneau's works "beautiful, with a sense of foreboding". Ake-Charboneau takes what is familiar (a small town, a high school, a field trip, a summer vacation) and pushes the story/characters beyond what is expected of them. In her first book, Where Charlie Was, Ake-Charboneau uses the town of Oak Bluff, a seemingly perfect destination in the Ozark Mountains and flips our expectations. Readers of this book both praised and criticized it for strong thematic elements and the heart-wrenching and unexpected end.

After her debut novel, Ake-Charboneau proved herself a master of story-telling. Two years later Pulling Dandelions was published, a story that so starkly portrayed life and death that Kirkus Reviews reviewer said "I had to put it down for a few days, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. This book is worth buying, but be prepared to have your heart eaten out". Pulling Dandelions went on to be a critical success, as with many of Ake-Charboneau's following stories.

Ake-Charboneau's last novel Lost Futures is perhaps her most polarizing work. Lost Futures deals with the philosophical implications of Hauntology, and while it is science-fiction, Lost Futures has found its way (controversially) into the high-school literature canon.

Literary Awards

 * Kirkus Starred Reviews
 * Where Charlie Was
 * Pulling Dandelions
 * Hope, Season, Time,
 * Life Underneath
 * Thirteenth
 * Experimental Tattoos
 * Tornadic Temperament


 * PEN America
 * Hope, Season, Time,
 * Life Underneath
 * Tornadic Temperament


 * Nobel Prize
 * Tornadic Temperament
 * Lost Futures


 * Pulitzer Prize
 * Life Underneath
 * Tornadic Temperament


 * Hugo Award
 * Thirteenth
 * Lost Futures

Early Unplublished Works

 * Swan Heist (2012)
 * Hawkboy (2014)
 * Discerner (2017)

Published Works

 * Where Charlie Was (2020)
 * Pulling Dandelions (2022)
 * Iron Wings (2022)
 * Hope, Season, Time, (2025)
 * The Past and Present Davids (2026)
 * Life Underneath (2027)
 * Shoe House (2027)
 * Out of a Blue Sky (2029)
 * Thirteenth (2030)
 * Experimental Tattoos (2031)
 * Tornadic Temperament (2035)
 * Lost Futures (2039)

Adaptations
Where Charlie Was was the first novel to get a movie adaptation. Netflix released a six part series in 2022, along with the release of the novel Pulling Dandelions. Netflix reportedly asked Ake-Charboneau for another season, but she refused.

A movie version of Life Underneath was shot by Indie director Jared Hess (of Napoleon Dynamite fame). Although the film was well received, it did not go on to make much in the box office. Critics said that the movie was "a little disturbing" and "unnerving", although it was regarded as a technical masterpiece, it was "released outside of its time". It has since achieved cult status.

Thirteenth and Experimental Tattoos were combined in the 2035 movie The Juvenile Art House which was a monetary and critical success.