Cassandra Clare

First Draft Episode #242: Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is #1 New York Times bestselling author of the
Shadowhunter Chronicles, the forthcoming Sword Catcher duology,
and co-author of the Magisterium series. Her most recent
Shadowhunter novel, Chain of Gold, kicks off the Last Hours
trilogy.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett




Noel Streatfeild wrote a prolific series of books for young
readers, kicking off with Ballet Shoes and including Dancing
Shoes, Theater Shoes, and Skating Shoes.




Little Women by Louisa May Alcott




From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L.
Konigsburg




Cassie went through a British obsession where she read all of
the Brontë sister’s works (best typified by Charlotte
Brontë’s Jane Eyre) and all of Jane Austen (including Pride
and Prejudice and Emma)




Cassie’s interview on 88 Cups of Tea




The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams




Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Cruel Prince, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and The
Spiderwick Chronicles (listen to her First Draft episode
here)




J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Rings trilogy




The Shannara books by Terry Brooks, which kicks off with The
Sword of Shannara




Tad Williams, author of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series,
which kicks off with The Dragonbone Chair, and the
Shadowmarch series




Guy Gavriel Kay, author of Tigana and (my personal fav),
Under Heaven and its sequel, River of Stars




Annette Curtis Klause, author of Blood and Chocolate and The
Silver Kiss




Ellen Kushner, author of Thomas the Rhymer and Swordspoint.




Terri Windling created the “Bordertown” shared world urban
fantasy series. In 2011 she initiated a YA revival of
the series Welcome to Bordertown co-edited with Holly Black.




Robin Wasserman, author of Girls on Fire and the forthcoming
Mother Daughter Widow Wife (listen to her First Draft episode
here)




Tamora Pierce, author of Alanna and Wild Magic




Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld




A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes




The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden




 


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