The novel takes place in a futuristic society, where people’s choices - from what they eat to who they marry - are controlled by the government. During the high school’s prom, she said it was fun to see her students dressed up and in a fancier setting, but that it made her start to wonder, “How do you take that to the next degree?” On the weekends, Condie would sometimes chaperone school dances. Where did ‘Matched’ come from?Īs a high school English teacher, young adult fiction and the world of teenagers was not foreign to Condie before writing “Matched.” And it was an experience at Timpview High School in Provo that helped inspire her. Ahead of the anniversary, Condie talked to the Deseret News about where the book came from, other ways the world has changed, and why dystopian fiction like “Matched” continues to be popular. To commemorate the anniversary of “Matched,” Penguin Young Readers is releasing a special edition of the book, with a new gold cover and bonus content, on Nov. That’s a lucky, lucky thing and I’m grateful for that.” She told the Deseret News it’s “kind of crazy that people are still reading it 10 years in.
Personally, Condie says she has “one more kid” than she did when the book first came out (she has four in total) and that her life has changed in many other ways. Of course, the world has changed in noticeable ways during the 10 years since “Matched” was first published. The book, which has drawn comparisons to other hit YA novels of the 2010s like “The Hunger Games” and “Twilight,” quickly became a bestseller and was followed by two sequels. That idea soon became a novel called “Matched,” which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020. “When you’re a writer, you start to take everything and twist it a little,” Condie explained.įor Condie, that meant taking the trappings of a high school prom - teenagers dressed up, wearing fancy dresses and suits, in an elegant setting - and transplanting it to a dystopian world where teenagers are told by the government who they will marry. Then, her idea spawned into what it would look like to take a high school prom - specifically Timpview in Provo - and dial up the craziness to 11.
She thought what it would be like to write a book about a girl who didn’t get to choose who she got to marry.
For Utah author Ally Condie, it was while she was chaperoning a high school prom. Inspiration can strike authors in unusual places.
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