Cassandra Clare

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Cassandra Clare
Born July 27, 1973 (1973-07-27) (age 38)
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Occupation Author
Nationality United States
Genres Young adult Fantasy
Literary movement Contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, and fantasy of manners
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Cassandra Clare is an American author who has written the bestselling[1] young adult saga The Mortal Instruments.[1]

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[edit] Personal life

Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Tehran (Iran). As a child Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. Clare returned to Los Angeles for high school (Windward School), and from then on split her time between California and New York, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids including The Hollywood Reporter.[2]

She is also friends with author Holly Black, and their books occasionally overlap, Clare mentioning characters from Black's novels and vice versa, such as Val and Luis from Black's Valiant.[3]

[edit] The Mortal Instruments series

Main article: The Mortal Instruments (series)

In 2004, Clare started working on her first-published novel City of Bones, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan. City of Bones was released by Simon & Schuster in 2007.

City of Bones, a contemporary fantasy story revolving around characters Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis became a New York Times bestseller upon its release. City of Ashes and City of Glass completed the trilogy. In 2009, a fourth installment, City of Fallen Angels, was announced. It was recently published April 5, 2011.[4]

Clare has stated that City of Fallen Angels is actually the start of a second Mortal Instruments cycle, which will include two other books named City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. She said this new cycle is going to be centered on the same characters as in the first cycle, as well as a few new characters we will meet in the new books.[5]

In 2009 Clare also announced a new series of prequels called The Infernal Devices set in the same universe as The Mortal Instruments, but in the Victorian era. This series is planned to consist of three books: The Clockwork Angel, published on August 31, 2010, The Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, and The Clockwork Princess, slated for release in November 2013.[6]

The Mortal Instruments series has been optioned for film by Unique Features and Constantine Films.[7] First-time writer Jessica Postigo has been hired to write the screenplay,[8] based on the first book in the series.[9] Also, Lily Collins has been cast as the lead role of Clary Fray, and Sweeney Todd actor Jamie Campbell Bower has been cast opposite her as Jace Wayland.

[edit] Awards

[edit] City of Bones

  • 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers [10]
  • Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
  • An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner, 2008[11]
  • 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers [10]
  • Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award[12]
  • Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award[13]
  • A Texas TAYSHAS title 2010[14]
  • Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award[15]
  • Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award[16]
  • Shortlisted for The North Carolina School Library Media Association Young Adult Book Award[17]
  • Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (Teen) 2010[18]
  • Iowa High School Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[19]
  • North Carolina YA Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[20]
  • New Hampshire Flume Teen Reader’s Choice Award Nominee, 2010[21]
  • Nevada Young Readers’ Award Nominee 2010[22]
  • Ohio Buckeye Teen Book Award Nominee, 2009[23]
  • Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List Title 2008[24]
  • South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[25]
  • Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards[26]

[edit] City of Ashes

  • A 2009 ALA Teens Top Ten Title[27]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] The Mortal Instruments Series

City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire were originally a sequel trilogy of The Mortal Instruments.

[edit] The Infernal Devices Trilogy

  • Clockwork Angel (August 31, 2010)
  • Clockwork Prince (December 6, 2011)
  • Clockwork Princess (scheduled for November, 2012)[30]

[edit] Short fiction

  • "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord", Turn the Other Chick, ed. Esther Friesner, Baen Books (2005)
  • "Charming", So Fey, ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Press (2007)
  • "Graffiti", Magic in the Mirrorstone, ed. Steve Berman, Mirrorstone Books (2008)
  • "Other Boys", The Eternal Kiss, ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press (2009)
  • "The Mirror House", Vacations from Hell, ed. Farrin Jacobs, HarperCollins (2009)
  • "I Never", Geektastic, ed. Holly Black and Cecil Castelucci, Little, Brown (2009)
  • "Cold Hands", ZVU: Zombies Versus Unicorns, ed. Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier, Simon and Schuster (2010)

[edit] Fan fiction

  • The Draco Trilogy (Harry Potter)[31]
  • The Very Secret Diaries (The Lord of the Rings)[32]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Best Sellers : Children's Books". New York Times. 2007-04-22. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/bestseller/0422bestchildren.html. 
  2. ^ "Author's bio at Sony.com". http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/cassandra-claire/mortal-instruments-trilogy-sample-of-the-citys/_/R-400000000000000168871. 
  3. ^ http://www.cassandraclare.com/cms/faqs#valiant
  4. ^ "City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments, #4)". goodreads.com. 2009. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6752378-city-of-fallen-angels. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
  5. ^ Clare, Cassandra (6 August 2010). "the news!". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. http://cassandraclare.livejournal.com/41645.html. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
  6. ^ "The Infernal Devices: FAQ". 2009. http://theinfernaldevices.com/infernalfaq/. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
  7. ^ Cassandra Clare's Blog 23 August 2009
  8. ^ "The Mortal Instruments IMDB page". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692942/. 
  9. ^ Clare, Cassandra (4 October 2010). "movie news". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. http://cassandraclare.livejournal.com/43587.html. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
  10. ^ a b "2010 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Winner Announced". Georgia Library Media Association. http://glma.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/peachaward/. Retrieved 2010-07-01. 
  11. ^ "The 2008 Teens’ Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/ttt2008.cfm. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  12. ^ "Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award". Illinois School Library Media Association. http://www.islma.org/lincoln.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  13. ^ "Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award". Pacific Northwest Library Association. http://www.pnla.org/yrca/2010nominees.html. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  14. ^ "Texas TAYSHAS title 2010". Texas Library Association. http://www.txla2.org/groups/yart/Assets/Files/tayshas/tay0910a.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  15. ^ "Evergreen Young Adult Book Award". King County Library System. http://www.kcls.org/evergreen/nominees/index.cfm. Retrieved 2010-04-30. 
  16. ^ "Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award". Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book World. http://www.cal-webs.org/bluespruce/all_nominations.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  17. ^ "NCSLMA YA Book Award". North Carolina School Library Media Association. http://sites.google.com/site/ncslmayabookaward/high-school/2009-2010-hs-annotated-list. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  18. ^ "Grand Canyon Reader Award". Grand Canyon Reader Award. http://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/6.html. Retrieved 2010-03 31. 
  19. ^ "Iowa High School Book Award Nominee". Iowa Association of School Librarians. http://awards.iasl.iowapages.org/id2.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  20. ^ "North Carolina YA Booklist". NCSLMA. http://www.ncslma.org/BookCompetitions/YAaward/Booklist09-10.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  21. ^ "NH Teen Reader's Choice Awards". New Hampshire Library Association. http://www.nashua.lib.nh.us/YALS/FlumeNominees09.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  22. ^ "Nevada Young Reader's Award". Nevada Library Association. http://www.nevadalibraries.org/Divisions/NYRA/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  23. ^ "Teen Buckeye Book Award". Buckeye Children's Book Award. http://www.bcbookaward.info/teens/2009teennominees.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  24. ^ "Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave List". Oregon Library Association. http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=68192. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  25. ^ "SCASL Young Adult Book Awards". South Carolina Association of School Librarians. http://www.scasl.net/bookawards/yaba.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  26. ^ "Coventry Inspiration Book Awards". Coventry City Council. http://myvotes.coventry.gov.uk/. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  27. ^ "2009 ALA Teens Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/ttt09.cfm. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  28. ^ CassandraClare.Com
  29. ^ a b Publishers Weekly
  30. ^ "Deals: LB Wins Zafon YA Titles". Publishers Weekly. 2008-06-23. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6572084.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24. [dead link]
  31. ^ The Times article on The Draco Trilogy
  32. ^ Author's Bio at LookingGlassReview.com

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