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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 20 million copies in print worldwide and have been... Read full bio

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My life in 8 words: "Crowded apartment, crazy cat, piles of books, laptop!"
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    4. Top 10 Things That Are NOT Going to happen in CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS
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    6. Cassandra Clare talks about her CLOCKWORK ANGEL Audiobook
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    7. Cassandra Clare reveals the first of her Infernal Devices series: CLOCKWORK ANGEL
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    8. Sizzle Reel: Cassandra Clare's CITY OF LOST SOULS Event
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City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk
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City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Compact Disk, Audio Download
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City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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Pulseit eSampler will be released on July 02, 2013 in eBook
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The Mortal Instruments will be released on October 22, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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The Runaway Queen will be released on May 21, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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Saving Raphael Santiago will be released on September 17, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything will be released on December 17, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale will be released on June 18, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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The Shadowhunter's Codex will be released on October 29, 2013 in Hardcover, Paper Over Board, eBook
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The Midnight Heir will be released on July 16, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort will be released on August 20, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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No Immortal Can Keep a Secret will be released on October 15, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
May 14, 2013
The Course of True Love (and First Dates) will be released on November 19, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
May 14, 2013

Cassandra Clare Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. So many books, so little time. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Let's make it a tie between Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People who talk to me while I'm reading. Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Being able to draw or paint. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Laziness. Learn more about Cassandra Clare

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Mail Online UK, May 17, 2013
...Their demon-hunting adventure film, due out August 23, is based on the City of Bones, the first of Cassandra Clare's best selling young adult book series. Before the manorexic 24-year-old, the pretty brunette was linked with stuntman Riley Harper, Taylor...
Associated Content, May 15, 2013
...Which Memorial Day family activity is your favorite? This is a review of "Clockwork Angel" By Cassandra Clare. Set in the late 1800s London, the book focuses on Clare's creation of Shadowhunters. Shadowhunters are people who are born with Angel Blood and...
FemaleFirst.co.uk, May 14, 2013
...City of Bones is the latest to get the movie treatment. Harald Zwart is behind the adaptation of Cassandra Clare's novel and it is set to be one of the movies to watch out for this summer. We have been looking at where the replacement for Twilight is...
The Advocate, May 14, 2013
...The Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice Award for students in grades nine through 12 goes to Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. Voting day is an exciting time in many schools and libraries throughout Louisiana as some students cast their votes using...
Examiner.com, May 13, 2013
...s eyes…and pins.” “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” the highly anticipated first book to film project for Cassandra Clare’s Internationally bestselling series The Mortal Instruments comes out August 23. It’s sequel, “The Mortal...
Examiner.com, May 11, 2013
...Louise Penny - This is the first book in the Armand Gamache mystery series. 5. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - This is the first book in the Infernal Devices series. 6. Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou - This book is about the author's relationship...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 11, 2013
...everything, says Becky Tsivin, 16, a sophomore at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. She follows authors including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Veronica Roth, and John Green, who has a community of some 200,000 fans on the platform. Unlike...
South Coast Today, May 19, 2013
...learns she's descendant of secret group of half-angel warriors. My take: Has built-in audience of fans of Cassandra Clare's novels. "You're Next" Stars: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen Director: Adam Wingard Pitch: Family attacked by...
Time, May 18, 2013
...into a franchise. (Aug. 16) THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES   An urban-contemporary Twilight Saga crossed with the Underworld movies, Cassandra Clare’s novels about a New York girl discovering her inner power, and a host of demons trying...
Time, May 18, 2013
...into a franchise. (Aug. 16) THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES   An urban-contemporary Twilight Saga crossed with the Underworld movies, Cassandra Clare’s novels about a New York girl discovering her inner power, and a host of demons trying...
South Coast Today, May 18, 2013
...learns she's descendant of secret group of half-angel warriors. My take: Has built-in audience of fans of Cassandra Clare's novels. "You're Next" Stars: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen Director: Adam Wingard Pitch: Family attacked by...
South Coast Today, May 18, 2013
...learns she's descendant of secret group of half-angel warriors. My take: Has built-in audience of fans of Cassandra Clare's novels. "You're Next" Stars: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen Director: Adam Wingard Pitch: Family attacked by...
Time, May 18, 2013
...into a franchise. (Aug. 16) THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES   An urban-contemporary Twilight Saga crossed with the Underworld movies, Cassandra Clare’s novels about a New York girl discovering her inner power, and a host of demons trying...
Mail Online UK, May 17, 2013
...Their demon-hunting adventure film, due out August 23, is based on the City of Bones, the first of Cassandra Clare's best selling young adult book series. Before the manorexic 24-year-old, the pretty brunette was linked with stuntman Riley Harper, Taylor...