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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. 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. Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. Clare is Jewish and has described her family as "not religious".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.She is also friends with the 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.Her publisher also credits Clare 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.As of 2013, Clare resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats. 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 and is a contemporary fantasy story revolving around characters Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis, which became a 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, set in the same universe as The Mortal Instruments, but set in the Victorian era. This consists of three books: Clockwork Angel, published on August 31, 2010, Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, and Clockwork Princess, posted on March 19, 2013.A fourth trilogy set in this universe was announced in 2012, 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. 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.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.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. First-time writer Jessica Postigo wrote the screenplay. Lily Collins played Clary Fray and Jamie Campbell Bower played Jace Wayland. After a disappointing box office performance, subsequent movies in the series were canceled. A television adaptation of The Mortal Instruments called Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments began airing in January 2016. It was canceled after the third season. Plagiarism accusations Clare was accused of plagiarism dating back to 2000–2001 when she was writing the fan fiction work The Draco Trilogy. The Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2013 about how Clare's plagiarism and cyberbullying angered many in the Harry Potter online fandom community. Later that year, The Daily Dot described how Clare had copied much of a chapter of The Secret Country (1985), an out-of-print fantasy novel by Pamela Dean, into Clare's own The Draco Trilogy, without attribution to Dean. A complaint by another website user in mid-2001 led to a review by FanFiction.Net administrators, resulting in Clare banned for plagiarism and her writings removed from the website. Clare continued to post her trilogy on a fan fiction Yahoo! group until the series was complete in 2006. She recycled many ideas from The Draco Trilogy into her best-selling book series Mortal Instruments.Best-selling fantasy novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon sued Clare over claims that Clare copied aspects of Kenyon's Dark-Hunters series (1998) for Clare's Shadowhunters series. The lawsuit contended that characters are similar, that "elements are virtually identical" between the books, and that the term "shadow hunters" was copied. Clare's lawyers released a statement saying that Clare had never read any of Kenyon's books. Simon & Schuster, Clare's publisher, did not comment. Kenyon later removed the central accusation of copyright violation from the lawsuit, leaving the peripheral issue of cover art and branding similarities. She eventually settled out of court, and paid her own legal fees. Awards City of Bones 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007 An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner, 2008 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award A Texas TAYSHAS title 2010 Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Shortlisted for The North Carolina School Library Media Association Young Adult Book Award Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List Title 2008 Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book AwardsCity of Ashes A 2009 ALA Teens Top Ten TitleCity of Fallen Angels Best Goodreads Author in 2011City of Heavenly Fire Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2014Bibliography 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 978-1-481-44442-2Mortal 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 The Bane Chronicles (with Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson) (2013–2014; print edition released November 11, 2014) ISBN 978-1-442-49600-2 Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy (with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson & Robin Wasserman) (2015; print edition released Nove.... 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  • A Bloom in Winter synopsis, comments

    A Bloom in Winter

    J.R. Ward

    Another sexy, highstakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newes...

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    The Beloved

    J.R. Ward

    The daughter of a legend finds the love of a lifetime in this passionate, heartwrenching installment in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Na...

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    The Map of Time

    Félix J. Palma

    This instant New York Times bestselling pageturner features a cast of real and imagined literary characters, cunning intertwined plots, and stars a skeptical H.G. Wells as a timetr...

  • City of Heavenly Fire synopsis, comments

    City of Heavenly Fire

    Cassandra Clare

    Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments seriesnow with a gorgeo...

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    City of Lost Souls

    Cassandra Clare

    What price is too high to pay, even for love? Plunge into fifth installment the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Week...

  • Vicious Circle synopsis, comments

    Vicious Circle

    Linda Robertson

    This exciting urban fantasy debut mixes a modernday witch with a rock’n’roll werewolf boyfriend, pitted against a powerful vampire!Being a witch doesn’t pay the bills, but Persepho...

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    Sword Catcher

    Cassandra Clare

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic...

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    The Fallen

    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    The first three volumes in the New York Times bestselling The Fallen series is available as an eBook boxed set. Join the ultimate quest for redemption.The son of a mortal and an an...

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    Vacations from Hell

    Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson & Sarah Mlynowski

    Written by some of today’s most exciting teen authors, Vacations from Hell offers five unique takes on a universal experienceunforgettable trips.This third Hell collection features...

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    City of Ashes

    Cassandra Clare

    Is love worth betraying everything? Plunge into the second adventure in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly)....

  • Blood Truth synopsis, comments

    Blood Truth

    J.R. Ward

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “utterly absorbing” (Angela Knight, New York Times bestselling author) Black Dagger Brotherhood series and The Savior brings you the...

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    Where Winter Finds You

    J.R. Ward

    #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers.When Trez lost his belo...

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    Chain of Iron

    Cassandra Clare

    A #1 New York Times Bestseller!The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of G...

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    Lassiter

    J.R. Ward

    Destiny, duty, and desire clash in this epic new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Lassiter, the fallen angel, is too good at the s...

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    A Warm Heart in Winter

    J.R. Ward

    #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers.Featuring one of the Bl...

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    Firstborn

    Tosca Lee

    From New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee comes the muchanticipated, highspeed sequel to The Progeny.Facetoface with her past, Audra Ellison now knows the secret she gave up...

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    City of Fallen Angels

    Cassandra Clare

    Trust is dangerous, and to love is to destroy. Plunge into the fourth installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertain...

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    The Fallen 2

    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Destined for Heaven or Hell? The saga continues from THE FALLEN 1.Aaron’s senior year has been anything but typical. Halfangel and halfhuman, he has been charged to reunite the Fal...

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    Lord of Shadows

    Cassandra Clare

    A #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestsellerSunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows, the bestselling sequel to Lady Midnight. Lord of Shad...

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    Prisoner of Night

    J.R. Ward

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes an unforgettable story of passion and vengeance in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world.When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, t...

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    Lover Unveiled

    J.R. Ward

    The #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series returns featuring a powerful MMA fighter with a buried secret that can change the world of Caldwell forever. Sahva...

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    Clockwork Princess

    Cassandra Clare

    Danger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to ...

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    Clockwork Prince

    Cassandra Clare

    True love is shrouded in secrets and lies in the enchanting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mo...

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    Darius

    J.R. Ward

    #1 New York Times bestseller J.R. Ward shares the powerful starcrossed love story of reader favorite, and original member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Darius.Darius, son of Mar...

  • The Fallen 5 synopsis, comments

    The Fallen 5

    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Only Aaron and his fellow Nephilim can protect the world from Satan’s wrath in this riveting finale to the New York Times bestselling The Fallen series.Satan is determined to creat...

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    Cursed

    Frank Miller

    Now an original series starring Katherine Langford on Netflix!The Lady of the Lake is the true hero in this cinematic twist on the tale of King Arthur created by Thomas Wheeler and...

  • The Infernal Devices synopsis, comments

    The Infernal Devices

    Cassandra Clare

    All three books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy are now together in one boxed set!Step back in time with the Shadowhunters with this eBook collection ...

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    The Fallen 4

    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Half angel and half human, Aaron holds the weight of the world in his hands in the fourth book of the New York Times bestselling The Fallen series.The war between Heaven and Hell r...

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    The Red Scrolls of Magic

    Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu

    A #1 New York Times bestseller!“A riproaring adventure merged with satisfying romance.” Entertainment Weekly “[A] swashbuckling launch to the Eldest Curses series.” Publishers Week...

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    Ghosts of the Shadow Market

    Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Kelly Link & Robin Wasserman

    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes an exciting new short story collection that follows Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow M...

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    Lover Arisen

    J.R. Ward

    True love brings a deadly threat to the Black Dagger Brotherhood in this sizzling new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.Possessed by the demon Devina, Balth...

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    The Mortal Instruments, the Complete Collection

    Cassandra Clare

    All six books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series, now available in a collectible boxed set.Enter the secret world of the Shadowhunters with this handsom...

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    The Wolf

    J.R. Ward

    Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spinoff series from the #1 New York Times bestsellin...

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    The Witch Haven

    Sasha Peyton Smith

    A New York Times Bestseller The Last Magician meets The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy in this “spectacular, singular, and spellbinding” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bes...

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    Claimed

    J.R. Ward

    A heartpounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, about a scientist fighting to save the gray wolvesand getting caught in a deadly trap herself...Lydia Susi is ...

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    Chain of Gold

    Cassandra Clare

    From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brandnew trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and love cuts deeper than any bl...

  • The Sinner synopsis, comments

    The Sinner

    J.R. Ward

    A sinner’s only hope is true love in this passionate new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Syn has kept his side hustle as a mercen...

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    City of Glass

    Cassandra Clare

    Love is a mortal sin, and the secrets of the past are deadly. Plunge into the third installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hook...

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    Legendborn

    Tracy Deonn

    An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe for New Talent Author AwardFilled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deo...

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    The Lost Boys

    Lilian Carmine

    Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, seventeenyearold Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, myste...

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    The Viper

    J.R. Ward

    A heartwrenching tale of love and betrayal in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward.Framed for the grisly murder of his shellan, K...

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    Elites of Eden

    Joey Graceffa

    Two young girls hold the fate of the world in their hands in the highly anticipated sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Children of Eden.Two girls, one destiny.Yarro...

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    Mine

    J.R. Ward

    The hotly anticipated thrilling conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing the...

  • The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer synopsis, comments

    The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

    Michelle Hodkin

    Mara Dyer doesn’t know if she is crazy or hauntedall she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and “strong, inventive tale” (Kirkus Reviews).Mara Dyer does...

  • The Savior synopsis, comments

    The Savior

    J.R. Ward

    A vampire and a scientist’s fates are passionately entwined in a race against time in this thrilling romance in the #1 New York Times bestselling “utterly absorbing and deliciously...

  • Clockwork Angel synopsis, comments

    Clockwork Angel

    Cassandra Clare

    Magic is dangerousbut love is more dangerous still. Discover the “compulsively readable” (Booklist) first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, preque...

  • Chain of Thorns synopsis, comments

    Chain of Thorns

    Cassandra Clare

    James and Cordelia must save Londonand their marriagein this “fiendishly romantic” (Kirkus Reviews) conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bes...

  • Bleeding Violet synopsis, comments

    Bleeding Violet

    Dia Reeves

    Hanna is what you'd call mentally ill. She'd call it being totally crazy. After running away to Portero, Texas to find her estranged mother, Hanna thinks this new town can't be any...