So she began to work on Divergent, and once completed, she contacted her agent, who offered to represent the new project. The publication of Divergent actually stemmed from Roth’s attempts to publish another of her novels, which she terms “The Manuscript.” After getting in contact with several agents, receiving rejections, and working with one agent on the first 50 pages, she realized that even if "The Manuscript" successfully went to print, it wasn’t the novel she wanted to debut with.
Roth has stated in many interviews that her motivation behind Divergent's premise varies, but can mostly be attributed to a strong interest in the concept of overcoming fears, bravery, and division into groups based on personality. Four years later she begin the novel again, writing it this time from Tris's point of view. Roth originally started writing Divergent from the perspective of Tobias "Four" Eaton, the main love interest to protagonist Beatrice "Tris" Prior, but forty pages in, she set the story aside in dissatisfaction. It spent a number of weeks on the New York Times’ Childrens and Young Adult Best Seller lists, and has been widely well-received by critics. Since its publication in April 2011, it has won numerous awards, including Favorite Book of 2011 in the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards, the Sakura Medal Contest, and was voted number one in the Teens’ Top Ten sponsored by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). Divergent is the first novel in Veronica Roth's debut trilogy of the same name, followed by Insurgent and Allegiant.
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