
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. However, she deleted her fan fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, City of Bones, was published under the name Cassandra Clare. The Draco Trilogy, based on Harry Potter, and The Very Secret Diaries, based on The Lord of the Rings, were popular. While living in Los Angeles, Clare began writing fan fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. 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. Īs a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France.

Clare is Jewish and has described her family as "not religious". Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. She is the daughter of Richard Rumelt, a business school professor and author. Personal lifeĬlare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. 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. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare's Dark Artifices series.Contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy of manners But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn't recognize his family. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind-and they need the Shadowhunters' help to do it. Making things even more complicated, Julian's brother Mark-who was captured by the faeries five years ago-has been returned as a bargaining chip. If only her heart didn't lead her in treacherous directions. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.


It's been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion.

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Print Lady Midnight (#1 The Dark Artifices)
