Author
Beth Revis
Associated Country
United States
Beth Revis is an American author best known for her imaginative science fiction and fantasy novels for young adult and adult readers. Raised in rural North Carolina, she earned degrees in education before working as a teacher. Her lifelong love of speculative fiction and storytelling eventually led her to pursue writing full time, where she quickly gained recognition for crafting richly imagined worlds, compelling characters, and emotionally driven adventures.
Revis rose to international prominence with the Across the Universe trilogy, a science fiction series set aboard a generation ship that earned critical acclaim for its blend of mystery, romance, and futuristic world-building. She has since expanded her bibliography with novels including A World Without You, Give the Dark My Love, Blood Empire, Full Speed to a Crash Landing, How to Steal a Galaxy, and Last Chance to Save the World. She has also collaborated with fellow fantasy author Sara Raasch on the Witch and Hunter duology, further demonstrating her versatility across science fiction and fantasy.
Known for combining inventive speculative concepts with emotionally resonant storytelling, Revis has become one of the leading contemporary voices in young adult and adult speculative fiction. Her novels often explore themes of identity, sacrifice, love, and survival while balancing fast-paced plots with thoughtful character development.
Revis rose to international prominence with the Across the Universe trilogy, a science fiction series set aboard a generation ship that earned critical acclaim for its blend of mystery, romance, and futuristic world-building. She has since expanded her bibliography with novels including A World Without You, Give the Dark My Love, Blood Empire, Full Speed to a Crash Landing, How to Steal a Galaxy, and Last Chance to Save the World. She has also collaborated with fellow fantasy author Sara Raasch on the Witch and Hunter duology, further demonstrating her versatility across science fiction and fantasy.
Known for combining inventive speculative concepts with emotionally resonant storytelling, Revis has become one of the leading contemporary voices in young adult and adult speculative fiction. Her novels often explore themes of identity, sacrifice, love, and survival while balancing fast-paced plots with thoughtful character development.
Books
The Blood Queen 2026
Spy and Guardian, Book 2
Alyth and Samson finally know the identity of the High Blade, leader of the bloodthirsty Red Cap army...and it's none other than Queen Elizabeth herself. They use ever bit of courage, smarts, and luck...
The Crimson Throne 2025
Spy and Guardian, Book 1
Nineteen-year-old Samson Calthorpe's father is a court favorite—but that alone won’t take him far without money and so many people depending on him. So when the opportunity arises to become a royal...
Chaotic Orbits, Book 3
After a few weeks trapped on board a spaceship with Ada (and, oh look, there’s only one bed), Rian has to admit that maybe Ada’s rebels have a point. The nanobots poised to be unleashed on Earth are...
Chaotic Orbits, Book 2
Ada had no intention whatsoever to continue working for the rebel group that hired her to retrieve the government’s plans for a nanobot climate cleaner if they weren’t willing to pay her for it, but...
The Fate of Magic 2024
Witch and Hunter, Book 2
Fritzi is a champion. After escaping the clutches of Dieter Kirch, the sadistic leader of the witch hunters, Fritzi and Otto have taken refuge among the witches of the Black Forest. Fritzi is finally...
Chaotic Orbits, Book 1
Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for...
Night of the Witch 2023
Witch and Hunter, Book 1
Fritzi is a witch. The only survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she’s determined to bring the hexenjägers—zealot witch hunters—to justice for the lives they ended.
Otto is a hexenjäger—but...
Bid My Soul Farewell 2019
Give the Dark My Love, Book 2
Lunar Island is trying to heal. The necromantic plague that ravaged the land has been eradicated, and Emperor Auguste, the young and charming leader of the Allyrian Empire, has a plan: rid the island...
Give the Dark My Love, Book 1
Seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the rural, northern territories of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy with only one goal in mind: master the trade of medicinal...
Shades of Earth 2013
Across the Universe, Book 3
Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh—to build a home—on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled...
A Million Suns 2012
Across the Universe, Book 2
It's been three months since Elder unplugged Amy, tearing her from her family and the life she always knew. Now, Eldest is dead and Orion awaits judgment for his murder as a frozen. Elder is finally...
Across the Universe 2011
Across the Universe, Book 1
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SURVIVE ABOARD A SPACESHIP FUELED BY LIES?
Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the spaceship Godspeed. She has left her boyfriend, friends--and planet--behind to...