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Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare
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Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is the author of The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal , and Publishers Weekly bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. Her books have more than six million copies in print and have been... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
A. Write what you love to read.
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My life in 8 words: "Crowded apartment, crazy cat, piles of books, laptop!"
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    2. City of Lost Souls Q&A
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    3. Molly Quinn on narrating CITY OF LOST SOULS
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    4. Cassandra Clare on her audiobook, CITY OF LOST SOULS
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    5. The Mortal Instruments 411
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    6. CITY OF LOST SOULS trailer
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    7. CLOCKWORK PRINCE TRAILER
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    8. Watch Cassandra Clare Discuss Clockwork Prince!
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    9. Cassandra Clare's CLOCKWORK ANGEL
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    10. Cassandra Clare talks about her CLOCKWORK ANGEL Audiobook
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    11. Cassandra Clare reveals the first of her Infernal Devices...
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    12. Watch the Clockwork Angel Trailer
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    13. Clockwork Prince Masquerade Ball Trailer
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    14. City of Fallen Angels Trailer
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    15. Previously in THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS Extended Cut
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    2. Listen to Chapter 1 of City of Glass
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    3. Listen to Chapter 1 of City of Ashes
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City of Fallen Angels will be released on October 02, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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City of Lost Souls will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
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City of Lost Souls is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
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The Mortal Instruments will be released on October 02, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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The Mortal Instruments will be released on October 23, 2012 in Hardcover
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Clockwork Prince will be released on December 06, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
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Clockwork Prince is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
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City of Fallen Angels
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Cassandra Clare Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. So many books, so little time. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Alex of A Clockwork Orange. I mean, I don't like him, but he's interesting. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Traveling. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Laziness. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Chocolate. Learn more about Cassandra Clare

Authors on the Web

School Library Journal, May 14, 2012
...D. Schmidt Teen Book of the Year Clockwork Prince: The Infernal Devices, Book Two (S & S) by Cassandra Clare Author of the Year Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever (Amulet) Illustrator of the Year Brian Selznick for Wonderstruck...
Examiner.com, May 14, 2012
...Kwame Alexander Jennifer Lyn Barnes Holly Black Pseudonymous Bosch Sarah Rees Brennan Heather Brewer Kiera Cass Cinda Chima Cassandra Clare Andrea Cremer Katie Crouch Gitty Daneshvari Melissa de la Cruz Matt de la Pena Kim Derting Simone Elkeles...
WebWire, May 14, 2012
...– Charlaine Harris 2. 11th Hour – James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 3. City of Lost Souls – Cassandra Clare 4. Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore 5. The Inquisitor's Key – Jefferson Bass 6. Act of Terror – Marc Cameron 7. The Sacred Scroll...
Seventeen.com, May 11, 2012
...The Stats: City of Lost Souls is the latest book in Cassandra Clare's amazing Mortal Instruments series. It's available now. The Gist: The last Mortal Instruments, City of Fallen Angels, left us at the edge of our seats with countless...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 11, 2012
...as she approached the podium to award Teen Book of the Year. Teen Book of the Year winner Cassandra Clare, for ‘Clockwork Prince’ (S she thanked her husband for doing the laundry uncomplainingly, while she wrote. After being given Susan Lucci’s...
BlackBook, May 11, 2012
...way for new writers to learn the skills they will need in order to create their OWN universe.” Cassandra Clare: Cassandra Clare is often mentioned in the same breath as E.L. James, and indeed the author has found great success with her own series of...
The Atlantic Wire, May 10, 2012
...like true love." Then, in middle-grade, there's a new five-book fantasy series by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare to which Scholastic recently acquired North American rights. ( There's already a movie in the works .) Scholastic published Harry Potter ...
School Library Journal, May 14, 2012
...D. Schmidt Teen Book of the Year Clockwork Prince: The Infernal Devices, Book Two (S & S) by Cassandra Clare Author of the Year Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever (Amulet) Illustrator of the Year Brian Selznick for Wonderstruck...
Examiner.com, May 14, 2012
...Kwame Alexander Jennifer Lyn Barnes Holly Black Pseudonymous Bosch Sarah Rees Brennan Heather Brewer Kiera Cass Cinda Chima Cassandra Clare Andrea Cremer Katie Crouch Gitty Daneshvari Melissa de la Cruz Matt de la Pena Kim Derting Simone Elkeles...
WebWire, May 14, 2012
...– Charlaine Harris 2. 11th Hour – James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 3. City of Lost Souls – Cassandra Clare 4. Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore 5. The Inquisitor's Key – Jefferson Bass 6. Act of Terror – Marc Cameron 7. The Sacred Scroll...
Yorktown Patch, May 13, 2012
...to find the next great YA books. “One of our most popular teen series with cross-over appeal is Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instrument series,” he said. Clare’s urban fantasy is a six-book series about a secret society of "Shadowhunters" (part-human...
Hollywood Stock Exchange, May 11, 2012
...City of Bones is based on the first book of the young adult series 'Mortal Instruments' by Cassandra Clare. Lily Collins plays a teen who can see supernatural creatures and as a result gets drawn into the world of the Shadowhunters. Harald Zwart directs...
Seventeen.com, May 11, 2012
...The Stats: City of Lost Souls is the latest book in Cassandra Clare's amazing Mortal Instruments series. It's available now. The Gist: The last Mortal Instruments, City of Fallen Angels, left us at the edge of our seats with countless...