Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988, in New York City, and was raised primarily in Barrington, Illinois.

Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and her mother remarried to Frank Ross, a financial consultant for landscaping companies.

"[7] Her maternal grandparents were concentration camp survivors, whose religious convictions pushed her mother away from religion.

[4] Roth wrote her first book, Divergent, while on winter break in her senior year at Northwestern University, and found an agent by the following March.

[24] Roth has written four short stories from character Tobias Eaton's point of view.

The first book, Carve the Mark, was published on January 17, 2017[31][32] and the sequel, The Fates Divide, was released on April 10, 2018.

The first is a collection of short stories titled The End and Other Beginnings that take place in a future with advanced technology.