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

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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. CLOCKWORK PRINCESS trailer
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    4. Top 10 Things That Are NOT Going to happen in CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS
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    5. Cassandra Clare: City of Ashes
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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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    9. City of Lost Souls – Mini Trailer
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    11. Cassandra Clare on her audiobook, CITY OF LOST SOULS
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    12. Molly Quinn on narrating CITY OF LOST SOULS
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    13. The Mortal Instruments 411
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The Fall of the Hotel Dumort will be released on October 15, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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The Course of True Love (and First Dates) will be released on November 19, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
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Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale is now available in Audio Download, eBook
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City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk
Jun 15, 2013
City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Compact Disk, Audio Download
Jun 15, 2013
City of Bones will be released on July 09, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Jun 15, 2013
Get a Taste of Pulseit! will be released on July 02, 2013 in eBook
Jun 15, 2013
Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale will be released on June 18, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 15, 2013
The Midnight Heir will be released on July 16, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 15, 2013
The Rise of the Hotel Dumort will be released on August 20, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 15, 2013
The Shadowhunter's Codex will be released on October 29, 2013 in Hardcover, Paper Over Board, eBook
Jun 13, 2013
The Mortal Instruments will be released on October 22, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 09, 2013
Saving Raphael Santiago will be released on September 17, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 06, 2013
What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything will be released on December 17, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 06, 2013
The Last Stand of the New York Institute will be released on December 31, 2013 in Audio Download
Jun 06, 2013
The Last Stand of the New York Institute will be released on January 21, 2014 in Audio Download, eBook
Jun 06, 2013

Cassandra Clare Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. So many books, so little time. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Traveling. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. London. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People who talk to me while I'm reading. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Let's make it a tie between Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Learn more about Cassandra Clare

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Associated Content, June 7, 2013
...been released yet (Aug. 23) but based on the extended clips and trailers for the first book in Cassandra Clare's series this film seems to have survived the transition to screen. It's based on the story of Clary Fray, a young girl who discovers she is a...
Examiner.com, June 7, 2013
...novel in a plot that revolve around Dante's Inferno poem. Location: Mostly Books 6. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - This is the first book in the Infernal Devices series. 7. The Schwa Was Here by Neal Schusterman - This is a book about a kid...
Associated Content, June 6, 2013
...big money maker; Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Maze Runner by James Dashner and The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare are all examples. Even the Percy Jackson franchise is taking a second go at the movie industry, despite the epic shortcomings of...
USA Today, June 6, 2013
...Dreams of Gods & Monsters, is slated for April 2014. (Photo: ) City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare (2007) This book had to round up my Demons and YA list because not only is it an amazing series, but ! The basic plot is that...
Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2013
...a private school and befriend the beautiful daughter of New York City's mayor before killing him. (June) Cassandra Clare Simon & Schuster, $14.99 ages 14 and up Soon to be a blockbuster movie, this young adult saga revolves around 15-year-old Clary...
New York Post, May 31, 2013
...Bones, based on the first book in a series by Judith Rumelt, better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare. Some of the cast members from the movie slated for late summer release were expected to be on hand. Veronica Roth is already beyond hot but could...
Aiken Today, May 30, 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 Pitch: Family attacked by mysterious...
Associated Content, June 7, 2013
...been released yet (Aug. 23) but based on the extended clips and trailers for the first book in Cassandra Clare's series this film seems to have survived the transition to screen. It's based on the story of Clary Fray, a young girl who discovers she is a...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...creative writing and hopes one day to become a novelist, and write popular teen work akin to writer Cassandra Clare’s “City of Bones.” “She inspired me because she’s written like nine novels and they’re all really incredible,” Norman...
Examiner.com, June 7, 2013
...novel in a plot that revolve around Dante's Inferno poem. Location: Mostly Books 6. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - This is the first book in the Infernal Devices series. 7. The Schwa Was Here by Neal Schusterman - This is a book about a kid...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...creative writing and hopes one day to become a novelist, and write popular teen work akin to writer Cassandra Clare’s “City of Bones.” “She inspired me because she’s written like nine novels and they’re all really incredible,” Norman...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...creative writing and hopes one day to become a novelist, and write popular teen work akin to writer Cassandra Clare’s “City of Bones.” “She inspired me because she’s written like nine novels and they’re all really incredible,” Norman...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...creative writing and hopes one day to become a novelist, and write popular teen work akin to writer Cassandra Clare’s “City of Bones.” “She inspired me because she’s written like nine novels and they’re all really incredible,” Norman...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...creative writing and hopes one day to become a novelist, and write popular teen work akin to writer Cassandra Clare’s “City of Bones.” “She inspired me because she’s written like nine novels and they’re all really incredible,” Norman...