Kristin Cashore grew up in the northeast Pennsylvania countryside as the second of four daughters. She received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, and she has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, a legal assistant, and a freelance writer. She has lived in many places (including Sydney, New York City, Boston, London, Austin, and Jacksonville, Florida), and she currently lives in the Boston area. Her epic fantasy novels set in the Graceling Realm--Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue--have won many awards and much high praise, including picks as ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editors Choice, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. In addition, Graceling was shortlisted for the William C. Morris Debut Award and Fire is an Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner.
Praise for Bitterblue
A New York Times bestseller
YALSA, Best Fiction for Young Adults
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
The Bulletin Best Books of the Year
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Title
A New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the
Year
"Some authors can tell a good story; some can write well. Cashore
is one of the rare novelists who do both. Thrillingly imagined and
beautifully executed, Bitterblue stands as a splendid
contribution in a long literarly tradition." —The New York Times
Book Review
* "Brilliantly detailed and brimming with vibrant and dynamic
characters." —SLJ, starred review
* “A story that transcends the genre with its emotional and
philosophical weight.” —BCCB, starred review
* “Devastating and heartbreaking.” —Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
* “Fans of . . .intricate political fantasies will relish this
novel of palace intrigue.”— Publishers Weekly, starred
review
“An exceptional book: heartbreaking, deep, and
beautiful.”—wandsandworlds.com
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