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Cassandra Clare

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Cassandra Clare
Clare in 2013
Clare in 2013
BornJudith Rumelt
(1973-07-27) July 27, 1973 (age 48)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreYoung adult fiction
Literary movementContemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy of manners
Notable worksThe Mortal Instruments series
SpouseJoshua Lewis
RelativesRichard Rumelt (father)
Max Rosenberg (grandfather)
Website
cassandraclare.com

Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.[1][2][3][4]

Personal life

Clare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Richard Rumelt, a business school professor and author.[5] Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg.[6] Clare is Jewish, and has described her family as "not religious".[7][8]

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 City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, including The Hollywood Reporter.[9]

While living in Los Angeles Clare began writing fan 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.[10][11] However, she deleted her fan fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, The City of Bones, was published under the name Cassandra Clare.[1]

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.[12]

Clare is also credited by her publisher with creating the "City of Fallen Angels 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.[5]

In 2016, The Guardian reported that Clare was being sued by Sherrilyn Kenyon for 'wilfully copying' her novels.[13]

As of 2013, Clare resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats.[1][14]

The Mortal Instruments series

Clare at BookCon in 2019
Main article: The Mortal Instruments

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 and is a contemporary fantasy story revolving around characters Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis, which became a The New York Times bestseller upon its release. City of Ashes and City of Glass completed the first trilogy. A subsequent second trilogy contained three more books: City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire.

There is a prequel trilogy called The Infernal Devices, which is set in the same universe as The Mortal Instruments, but set in the Victorian era. This consisting 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.[15]

A fourth trilogy set in this universe was announced in 2012, to be collectively known as The Dark Artifices. The new contemporary series is set in Los Angeles, and follow female shadowhunter Emma Carstairs, who was introduced in City of Heavenly Fire.[16] The first book, Lady Midnight, was released in March 2016; the second, Lord of Shadows was released in April 2017; the third, Queen of Air and Darkness was released on December 4, 2018.[17][18]

There are also two series of interconnected short stories set in this universe. The first is The Bane Chronicles, completed in 2014 and written with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson, and the second is the planned Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, written with Brennan and Johnson as well as Robin Wasserman.[19]

The first book in The Mortal Instruments was made into a film, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), by Unique Features and Constantin Film.[20] First-time writer Jessica Postigo wrote the screenplay.[21][22] Lily Collins played Clary Fray and Jamie Campbell Bower played Jace Wayland.

After a disappointing box office performance, subsequent movies in the series were cancelled. A television adaptation of The Mortal Instruments called Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments began airing in January 2016. It was canceled after the third season.[23]

Awards

City of Bones

  • 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers[24]
  • Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
  • An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner, 2008[25]
  • 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers[24]
  • Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award[26]
  • Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award[27]
  • A Texas TAYSHAS title 2010[28]
  • Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award[29]
  • Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award[30]
  • Shortlisted for The North Carolina School Library Media Association Young Adult Book Award[31]
  • Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List Title 2008[32]
  • Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards[33]

City of Ashes

  • A 2009 ALA Teens Top Ten Title[34]

City of Fallen Angels'

  • Best Goodreads Author in 2011

Bibliography

The Shadowhunter Chronicles

The Mortal Instruments

  • City of Bones (March 27, 2007) ISBN 978-1-481-45592-3
  • City of Ashes (March 28, 2008) ISBN 978-1-481-45597-8
  • City of Glass (March 24, 2009) ISBN 978-1-481-45598-5
  • City of Fallen Angels (April 5, 2011) ISBN 978-1-481-45599-2
  • City of Lost Souls (May 8, 2012) ISBN 978-1-481-45600-5
  • City of Heavenly Fire (May 27, 2014) ISBN 978-1-481-44442-2

Mortal Instruments Companion Books

  • Shadowshunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader (with Sarah Rees Brennan, Holly Black, Rachel Caine & Kami Garcia) (January 29, 2013) ISBN 978-1-937-85622-9
  • The Shadowhunter's Codex (with Joshua Lewis) (October 29, 2013) ISBN 978-1-442-41692-5
  • Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy (with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson & Robin Wasserman) (2015; print edition released November 15, 2016) ISBN 978-1-481-44326-5
  • A History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld (illustrated by Cassandra Jean) (February 18, 2016) ISBN 978-1-471-16119-3
  • Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales (with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman & Kelly Link) (June 4, 2019) ISBN 978-1-534-43362-5

Mortal Instruments Graphic Novels

Art by Cassandra Jean.

  • The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (November 7, 2017) ISBN 978-0-316-46581-6
  • The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (October 30, 2018) ISBN 978-0-316-46582-3
  • The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 3 (October 29, 2019) ISBN 978-0-316-46583-0

Mortal Instruments Coloring Books

  • The Official Mortal Instruments Coloring Book (illustrated by Cassandra Jean) (April 25, 2017) ISBN 978-1-481-49756-5

The Infernal Devices

Infernal Devices Graphic Novels

Art by HyeKyung Baek.

  • The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel, Volume 1 (October 10, 2012) ISBN 978-0-316-20098-1
  • The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince, Volume 2 (September 30, 2013) ISBN 978-0-316-20096-7
  • The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess, Volume 3 (July 22, 2014) ISBN 978-0-316-20097-4

The Bane Chronicles

  • The Bane Chronicles (with Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson) (2013–2014; print edition released November 11, 2014) ISBN 978-1-442-49600-2

The Dark Artifices

The Eldest Curses

This series is co-written with Wesley Chu.

  • The Red Scrolls of Magic (March 9, 2019) ISBN 978-1-481-49508-0
  • The Lost Book of White (September 1, 2020) ISBN 978-1-481-49512-7
  • The Black Volume of the Dead (TBA)

The Last Hours

  • Chain of Gold (March 3, 2020) ISBN 978-1-481-43187-3
  • Chain of Iron (March 2, 2021) ISBN 978-1-481-43190-3
  • Chain of Thorns (TBA 2022)

The Wicked Powers

  • Untitled Book 1 (TBA)
  • Untitled Book 2 (TBA)
  • Untitled Book 3 (TBA)

The Magisterium series

This series is written with Holly Black.

  • The Iron Trial (September 9, 2014) ISBN 978-0-545-52226-7
  • The Copper Gauntlet (September 1, 2015) ISBN 978-0-545-52229-8
  • (August 30, 2016)[18] ISBN 978-0-545-52232-8
  • (October 10, 2017) ISBN 978-0-545-52238-0
  • The Golden Tower (September 11, 2018) ISBN 978-0-545-52241-0

The Sword Catcher series

  • Sword Catcher (TBA 2021)
  • The Ragpicker King (TBA)

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)[35]
  • "Charming", So Fey, ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Press (2007)
  • "Graffiti", Magic in the Mirrorstone, ed. Steve Berman, Mirrorstone Books (2008)
  • "Other Boys", , 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)
  • "The Perfect Dinner Party" (w/Holly Black), Teeth: Vampire Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, HarperCollins (2011)
  • "The Rowan Gentleman" (w/Holly Black), in Welcome to Bordertown (2011)
  • "Sisters Before Misters" (w/Sarah Rees Brennan & Holly Black) in Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy (2014)

Fan fiction (writing as Cassandra Claire)

  • The Draco Trilogy: "Draco Dormiens", "Draco Sinister", and "Draco Veritas" (Harry Potter)[10]
  • The Very Secret Diaries (The Lord of the Rings)[11]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Alter, Alexandra (June 15, 2012). "The New Queen of Fantasy: Cassandra Clare's Breakout". The Wall Street Journal. p. D2. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Dill, Margo L. (March 14, 2010). "Potter Phenomenon". The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. p. F-3. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Best Sellers : Children's Books". The New York Times. April 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Copyright Clash over Demon-Fighting Stories". February 8, 2016.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kaplan, David A. (August 29, 2012). "A most unusual father-daughter professional pairing". CNN Money. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012.
  6. ^ Reed, Christopher (June 22, 2004). "Obituary: Max Rosenberg". The Guardian. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Clare, Cassandara (February 27, 2011). "The first chapter of City of Fallen Angels (and POV)".
  8. ^ "Kids' Q&A Cassandra Clare". Archived from the original on August 15, 2012.
  9. ^ "Author's bio at Sony.com". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Times article on The Draco Trilogy". Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Author's Bio at LookingGlassReview.com".
  12. ^ "Is that Val and Luis from Holly Black's Valiant in that scene in City of Bones where Jace and Clary are going downtown with the Silent Brother?". Archived from the original on April 11, 2011.
  13. ^ "Sherrilyn Kenyon sues Cassandra Clare for 'wilfully copying' her novels". February 10, 2016.
  14. ^ "Cassandra Clare & Joshua Lewis Pen The Shadowhunters Codex". Archived from the original on July 4, 2013.
  15. ^ "What are the publication dates of Clockwork Princess and City of Heavenly Fire?". Archived from the original on May 30, 2012.
  16. ^ Italie, Hillel (May 14, 2012). "Cassandra Clare To Write 'The Dark Artifices,' A Fantasy Series Set In Los Angeles". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "Cover Reveal: 'Queen of Air and Darkness' coming December 4, 2018". TMISource. November 12, 2017.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b Clare, Cassandra (January 17, 2016). "March 2016: Lady Midnight (Dark Artifices 1) September 2016 = The Bronze Key April 2017: Lord of Shadows".
  19. ^ Brissey, Breia (October 14, 2014). "Cassandra Clare and co. to launch Shadowhunter e-series". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  20. ^ "Cassandra Clare's Blog 23 August 2009". Archived from the original on August 28, 2009.
  21. ^ "The Mortal Instruments IMDB page".
  22. ^ Clare, Cassandra (October 4, 2010). "movie news". Cassandra Clare's Blog. LiveJournal. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  23. ^ "'Shadowhunters' to End After 3 Seasons, Freeform Orders 2-Hour Finale to Wrap Series in 2019". June 5, 2018.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b "2010 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Winner Announced". Georgia Library Media Association. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  25. ^ "The 2008 Teens' Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  26. ^ "Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award". Illinois School Library Media Association. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  27. ^ "Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award". Pacific Northwest Library Association. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  28. ^ "Texas TAYSHAS title 2010" (PDF). Texas Library Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  29. ^ "Evergreen Young Adult Book Award". King County Library System. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  30. ^ "Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award" (PDF). Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book World. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  31. ^ "NCSLMA YA Book Award". North Carolina School Library Media Association. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  32. ^ "Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave List". Oregon Library Association. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  33. ^ "Coventry Inspiration Book Awards". Coventry City Council. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  34. ^ "2009 ALA Teens Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  35. ^ Friesner, Esther (2004). Turn the Other Chick. Baen Books. ISBN 0743488571.

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