It's set in the future when authorities, known as "The Society," tell everyone what to read, what to believe and who to marry.Ĭondie, 34, who lives near Provo, Utah, is a former high school English teacher. (Its rebellious heroine Cassia is inspired by Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.) The series - which began with Matched (2010) and includes Crossed (2011) - is a dystopian romance like The Hunger Games, but with less violence and more poetry. 6 on USA TODAY's Best-selling Books list last Thursday, her best debut and showing on the list. Reached, the third book in Condie's Matched trilogy, published by Penguin, landed at No.
Author Ally Condie says a "casual conversation about marriage" with her husband, an economics professor at Brigham Young University, triggered the most popular series of books for teens since The Hunger Games.
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