Abstract :
This research is entitled ?Potrait Of The Author?s Background in the Novel Holding Up The Universe By Jennifer Niven? This research describing the extrinsic elements of the novel Holding Up The Universe related to the author's background by imagining the experiences, feelings, identity, personality, thoughts, ideas,and passion of the author. The theory appied in this research is the sociology of literature Wellek and Warren (2013), the impact of the author Ratna (2013), the characters and settings Nurgiyantoro (2012). The method used is a qualitative descriptive using a sociological approach to literature to analyze the impact of the author's and structural background to find extrinsic elements in the novel Holding Up The Universe. The results obtained in this study are, the impact of family background includes (1) the author's childhood, (2) adolescence, and (3) exposure to family history. The authors' impacts on their work include (1) the characters depicted, (2) interesting story titles, and (3) the setting of places found in the real world.