She pointed out that the genetic engineering in the novels has surged in popularity in the 21st century, used to control disease carrying mosquitoes and genetically modifying crops. Though it’s been 10 years, Basile praised the books for painting a “chilling” version of a dystopian Chicago that’s “eerily similar” to the contemporary world. She said she loved reading young adult dystopian novels like “The Hunger Games” and “The Maze Runner” but listed “Divergent” as her favorite in the genre.
It doesn’t hurt to see the series with fresh covers, either.”īasile reminisced about reading the series in middle school.
“My mission with these editions was to get as much of it as possible in one place. “There has been a lot of special Divergent content spread across a few versions of these books over the last ten years,” Roth said in the post. Roth shared the news of the anniversary and special editions with fans in her monthly newsletter before making another announcement on Instagram. Roth will celebrate the series’ 10th anniversary by releasing special editions of the trilogy and accompanying short story collection featuring rebranded covers, personal essays, a Q&A section, deleted scenes and short stories with the same characters.Īfter Roth wrote “Divergent,” HarperCollins Publishers offered her a three-book contract and she sold the rights for the high-grossing film soon after –– all before walking across the stage at Ryan Field in her cap and gown. “Just thinking about the fact that a college student was capable of writing books that I cried over is absolutely insane.” “That must have been such a girlboss moment,” Basile said. Communication freshman Lucy Basile was amazed to discover that Veronica Roth (Weinberg ‘10), author of the internationally bestselling “Divergent” series, wrote the first book during Winter Break of her senior year at Northwestern.
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