Judith Rumelt (born July 27, 1973), better known sa pamamagitan ng her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American may-akda of young adult fiction, most known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments
Personal life
Clare was born Judith Rumelt, to American parents, in Tehran (Iran). Her parents are Elizabeth and Richard Rumelt, who is a business school professor and author.[4] Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg.[5] Clare is Jewish, and has described her family as "not religious".[6][7]
As a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. She returned to Los Angeles for high 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.[8]
While living in Los Angeles Clare began Pagsulat tagahanga fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. The Draco Trilogy based on Harry Potter and The Very Secret Diaries based on The Lord of the Rings were popular.[9][10] However, she deleted her tagahanga fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, The City of Bones, was published under the name Cassandra Clare.[1]
She is also mga kaibigan with may-akda 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.[11]
Clare is also credited sa pamamagitan ng her publisher with creating the "City of Fallen mga kerubin treatment" where a tangible "letter" from one character to another is attached to the back of physical copies of a book. The goal is to spur print book sales.[12]
She currently resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats.[1][13]
The Mortal Instruments series
Main article: The Mortal Instruments (series)
In 2004, Clare started working on her first-published novel City of Bones, inspired sa pamamagitan ng the urban landscape of Manhattan. City of Buto was released sa pamamagitan ng Simon & Schuster in 2007.
City of Bones, a contemporary pantasiya 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 published on April 5, 2011.[14]
Clare has stated that City of Fallen mga kerubin is actually the start of a segundo Mortal Instruments cycle, which will include two other books named City of Nawawala Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. She sinabi 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.[15]
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: Clockwork Angel, published on August 31, 2010, Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, and Clockwork Princess, published on March 19, 2013.[16]
The Mortal Instruments series has been optioned for film sa pamamagitan ng Unique Features and Constantin Film.[17] First-time writer Jessica Postigo has been hired to write the screenplay,[18] based on the first book in the series.[19] 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.
Awards
City of Bones
2010 Georgia melokoton Book Awards for Teen Readers [20]
Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
An American aklatan Association Teens tuktok Ten Award winner, 2008[21]
2010 Georgia melokoton Book Awards for Teen Readers [20]
Winner of The 2010 Abraham lincoln Illinois High School Book Award[22]
Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest aklatan Association Young Reader’s Choice Award[23]
A Texas TAYSHAS pamagat 2010[24]
Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award[25]
Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book Award[26]
Shortlisted for The North Carolina School aklatan Media Association Young Adult Book Award[27]
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (Teen) 2010[28]
Iowa High School Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[29]
North Carolina YA Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[30]
New Hampshire Flume Teen Reader’s Choice Award Nominee, 2010[31]
Nevada Young Readers’ Award Nominee 2010[32]
Ohio Buckeye Teen Book Award Nominee, 2009[33]
Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave pagbaba listahan pamagat 2008[34]
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[35]
Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards[36]
City of Ashes
A 2009 ALA Teens tuktok Ten Title[37]
Bibliography
The Mortal Instruments Series
City of Buto (2007)
City of Ashes (2008)
City of Glass (2009)
City of Fallen mga kerubin (2011)
City of Nawawala Souls (released 8 May, 2012)[38]
City of Heavenly apoy (scheduled March, 2014)[38][16]
City of Fallen Angels, City of Nawawala Souls and City of Heavenly apoy were originally a sequel trilogy of The Mortal Instruments.
The Infernal Devices Trilogy
Clockwork Angel (August 31, 2010)
Clockwork Prince (December 6, 2011)
Clockwork Princess (March 19, 2013)
The Dark Artifices Trilogy
Lady Midnight (2015)
Prince of Shadows (unknown)
The reyna of Air and Darkness (unknown)
The Bane Chronicles[39]
"Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale"
"The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort"
"Saving Raphael Santiago"
"What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway)"
Magisterium Series (with holly Black)
The Iron Trial (September 2014)
Short fiction
"The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord", Turn the Other Chick, ed. Esther Friesner, Baen Books (2004) (writing as Cassandra Claire)[40]
"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)
tagahanga fiction (writing as Cassandra Claire)
The Draco Trilogy: "Draco Dormiens", "Draco Sinister", and "Draco Veritas" (Harry Potter)[9]
The Very Secret Diaries (The Lord of the Rings)[10]
Mortal Instruments (Harry Potter)
Written (Harry Potter)
A Season in Hell (Harry Potter)
After the Flood (Harry Potter, sequel to A Season in Hell)
A Lot to be Upset About (Harry Potter)
Something Impossible (Harry Potter)
Caveat Lector (Harry Potter)
References
^ a b c Alter, Alexandra (June 15, 2012). "The New reyna of Fantasy: Cassandra Clare's Breakout". The pader kalye Journal. p. D2.
^ Dill, Margo L. (March 14, 2010). "Potter Phenomenon". The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. p. F-3.
^ "Best Sellers : Children's Books". New York Times. 2007-04-22.
^ link
^ [1]
^ Clare, Cassandara (February 27, 2011). "The first chapter of City of Fallen mga kerubin (and POV)".
^ "Kids' Q&A Cassandra Clare".
^ "Author's bio at Sony.com".
^ a b The Times artikulo on The Draco Trilogy
^ a b Author's Bio at LookingGlassReview.com
^ link
^ Kaplan, David A. (August 29, 2012). "A most unusual father-daughter professional pairing". CNN Money.
^ link
^ "City of Fallen mga kerubin (Mortal Instruments, #4)". goodreads.com. 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
^ Clare, Cassandra (6 August 2010). "the news!". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ a b "What are the publication dates of Clockwork Princess and City of Heavenly Fire?".
^ Cassandra Clare's Blog 23 August 2009
^ "The Mortal Instruments IMDB page".
^ Clare, Cassandra (4 October 2010). "movie news". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ a b "2010 Georgia melokoton Book Award for Teen Readers Winner Announced". Georgia aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
^ "The 2008 Teens’ tuktok Ten". Young Adult aklatan Services Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award". Illinois School aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Pacific Northwest aklatan Association Young Reader's Choice Award". Pacific Northwest aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Texas TAYSHAS pamagat 2010". Texas aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Evergreen Young Adult Book Award". King County aklatan System. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
^ "Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book Award". Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book World. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "NCSLMA YA Book Award". North Carolina School aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Grand Canyon Reader Award". Grand Canyon Reader Award. Retrieved 2010-03 31.
^ "Iowa High School Book Award Nominee". Iowa Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "North Carolina YA Booklist". NCSLMA. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "NH Teen Reader's Choice Awards". New Hampshire aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Nevada Young Reader's Award". Nevada aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Teen Buckeye Book Award". Buckeye Children's Book Award. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave List". Oregon aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "SCASL Young Adult Book Awards". South Carolina Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Coventry Inspiration Book Awards". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "2009 ALA Teens tuktok Ten". Young Adult aklatan Services Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ a b Publishers Weekly
^ link
^ Friesner, Esther (2004). Turn the Other Chick. Baen Books. ISBN 0743488571.
Personal life
Clare was born Judith Rumelt, to American parents, in Tehran (Iran). Her parents are Elizabeth and Richard Rumelt, who is a business school professor and author.[4] Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg.[5] Clare is Jewish, and has described her family as "not religious".[6][7]
As a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. She returned to Los Angeles for high 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.[8]
While living in Los Angeles Clare began Pagsulat tagahanga fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. The Draco Trilogy based on Harry Potter and The Very Secret Diaries based on The Lord of the Rings were popular.[9][10] However, she deleted her tagahanga fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, The City of Bones, was published under the name Cassandra Clare.[1]
She is also mga kaibigan with may-akda 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.[11]
Clare is also credited sa pamamagitan ng her publisher with creating the "City of Fallen mga kerubin treatment" where a tangible "letter" from one character to another is attached to the back of physical copies of a book. The goal is to spur print book sales.[12]
She currently resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats.[1][13]
The Mortal Instruments series
Main article: The Mortal Instruments (series)
In 2004, Clare started working on her first-published novel City of Bones, inspired sa pamamagitan ng the urban landscape of Manhattan. City of Buto was released sa pamamagitan ng Simon & Schuster in 2007.
City of Bones, a contemporary pantasiya 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 published on April 5, 2011.[14]
Clare has stated that City of Fallen mga kerubin is actually the start of a segundo Mortal Instruments cycle, which will include two other books named City of Nawawala Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. She sinabi 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.[15]
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: Clockwork Angel, published on August 31, 2010, Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, and Clockwork Princess, published on March 19, 2013.[16]
The Mortal Instruments series has been optioned for film sa pamamagitan ng Unique Features and Constantin Film.[17] First-time writer Jessica Postigo has been hired to write the screenplay,[18] based on the first book in the series.[19] 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.
Awards
City of Bones
2010 Georgia melokoton Book Awards for Teen Readers [20]
Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
An American aklatan Association Teens tuktok Ten Award winner, 2008[21]
2010 Georgia melokoton Book Awards for Teen Readers [20]
Winner of The 2010 Abraham lincoln Illinois High School Book Award[22]
Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest aklatan Association Young Reader’s Choice Award[23]
A Texas TAYSHAS pamagat 2010[24]
Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award[25]
Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book Award[26]
Shortlisted for The North Carolina School aklatan Media Association Young Adult Book Award[27]
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (Teen) 2010[28]
Iowa High School Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[29]
North Carolina YA Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[30]
New Hampshire Flume Teen Reader’s Choice Award Nominee, 2010[31]
Nevada Young Readers’ Award Nominee 2010[32]
Ohio Buckeye Teen Book Award Nominee, 2009[33]
Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave pagbaba listahan pamagat 2008[34]
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee 2009-2010[35]
Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards[36]
City of Ashes
A 2009 ALA Teens tuktok Ten Title[37]
Bibliography
The Mortal Instruments Series
City of Buto (2007)
City of Ashes (2008)
City of Glass (2009)
City of Fallen mga kerubin (2011)
City of Nawawala Souls (released 8 May, 2012)[38]
City of Heavenly apoy (scheduled March, 2014)[38][16]
City of Fallen Angels, City of Nawawala Souls and City of Heavenly apoy were originally a sequel trilogy of The Mortal Instruments.
The Infernal Devices Trilogy
Clockwork Angel (August 31, 2010)
Clockwork Prince (December 6, 2011)
Clockwork Princess (March 19, 2013)
The Dark Artifices Trilogy
Lady Midnight (2015)
Prince of Shadows (unknown)
The reyna of Air and Darkness (unknown)
The Bane Chronicles[39]
"Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale"
"The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort"
"Saving Raphael Santiago"
"What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway)"
Magisterium Series (with holly Black)
The Iron Trial (September 2014)
Short fiction
"The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord", Turn the Other Chick, ed. Esther Friesner, Baen Books (2004) (writing as Cassandra Claire)[40]
"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)
tagahanga fiction (writing as Cassandra Claire)
The Draco Trilogy: "Draco Dormiens", "Draco Sinister", and "Draco Veritas" (Harry Potter)[9]
The Very Secret Diaries (The Lord of the Rings)[10]
Mortal Instruments (Harry Potter)
Written (Harry Potter)
A Season in Hell (Harry Potter)
After the Flood (Harry Potter, sequel to A Season in Hell)
A Lot to be Upset About (Harry Potter)
Something Impossible (Harry Potter)
Caveat Lector (Harry Potter)
References
^ a b c Alter, Alexandra (June 15, 2012). "The New reyna of Fantasy: Cassandra Clare's Breakout". The pader kalye Journal. p. D2.
^ Dill, Margo L. (March 14, 2010). "Potter Phenomenon". The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. p. F-3.
^ "Best Sellers : Children's Books". New York Times. 2007-04-22.
^ link
^ [1]
^ Clare, Cassandara (February 27, 2011). "The first chapter of City of Fallen mga kerubin (and POV)".
^ "Kids' Q&A Cassandra Clare".
^ "Author's bio at Sony.com".
^ a b The Times artikulo on The Draco Trilogy
^ a b Author's Bio at LookingGlassReview.com
^ link
^ Kaplan, David A. (August 29, 2012). "A most unusual father-daughter professional pairing". CNN Money.
^ link
^ "City of Fallen mga kerubin (Mortal Instruments, #4)". goodreads.com. 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
^ Clare, Cassandra (6 August 2010). "the news!". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ a b "What are the publication dates of Clockwork Princess and City of Heavenly Fire?".
^ Cassandra Clare's Blog 23 August 2009
^ "The Mortal Instruments IMDB page".
^ Clare, Cassandra (4 October 2010). "movie news". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ a b "2010 Georgia melokoton Book Award for Teen Readers Winner Announced". Georgia aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
^ "The 2008 Teens’ tuktok Ten". Young Adult aklatan Services Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award". Illinois School aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Pacific Northwest aklatan Association Young Reader's Choice Award". Pacific Northwest aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Texas TAYSHAS pamagat 2010". Texas aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Evergreen Young Adult Book Award". King County aklatan System. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
^ "Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book Award". Colorado Blue mag-ayos Young Adult Book World. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "NCSLMA YA Book Award". North Carolina School aklatan Media Association. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Grand Canyon Reader Award". Grand Canyon Reader Award. Retrieved 2010-03 31.
^ "Iowa High School Book Award Nominee". Iowa Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "North Carolina YA Booklist". NCSLMA. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "NH Teen Reader's Choice Awards". New Hampshire aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Nevada Young Reader's Award". Nevada aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Teen Buckeye Book Award". Buckeye Children's Book Award. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave List". Oregon aklatan Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "SCASL Young Adult Book Awards". South Carolina Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Coventry Inspiration Book Awards". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "2009 ALA Teens tuktok Ten". Young Adult aklatan Services Association. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ a b Publishers Weekly
^ link
^ Friesner, Esther (2004). Turn the Other Chick. Baen Books. ISBN 0743488571.