Illuminae was nominated for the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award, won the 2015 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction novel, the 2016 Gold Inky Award for best teen fiction, and the 2016 Australian Book Industry Award Book of the Year for Older Children. In November 2015, it was announced that Brad Pitt and his production company, Plan B Entertainment, had acquired the film rights to Illuminae. It debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller List Young Adult Hardcover list, and eventually reached the #2 spot. The first book in the series was published in late October 2015. Kaufman's Illuminae, co-authored with Jay Kristoff, was acquired by Random House in a preempt in 2013. The sequel, This Shattered World was a nominee for the Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel. The series is currently in development for TV with Freeform in the US and Sky UK, with MGM the studio and Eric Balfour and Warren Littlefield producing. The book was also shortlisted for a Golden Inky in the Australian Inky Awards and was named the Huffington Post Best YA Novel of 2013. The book was a New York Times bestseller and won an Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult novel of the year.

Kaufman's debut, These Broken Stars, was co-authored with Meagan Spooner. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and dog. She is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Writing. Later, she earned a Master's Degree in conflict resolution, and worked for seven years as a mediator before becoming a full-time author. She earned undergraduate degrees, with honours, in law, history and literature. Kaufman grew up in both Ireland and Melbourne, Australia. 3.3 The Illuminae Files (co-authored with Jay Kristoff).3.2 Unearthed (co-authored with Meagan Spooner).3.1 Starbound Trilogy (co-authored with Meagan Spooner).

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman