Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood travelling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father’s backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old.
Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called “The Beautiful Cassandra” based on a Jane Austen short story of the same name (and which later inspired her current pen name).
After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.
Speculative Fiction Novels (32)
The Wicked Powers Book 3 (The Wicked Powers #3 / 3) 2026 | fantasy, young adult | Release date TBA |
The Wicked Powers Book 2 (The Wicked Powers #2 / 3) 2025 | fantasy, young adult | Release date TBA |
The Ragpicker King (The Sword Catcher #2 / 2) 2024 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2024 |
Sword Catcher (The Sword Catcher #1 / 2) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date October 10, 2023 |
The Wicked Powers Book 1 (The Wicked Powers #1 / 3) 2023 | fantasy, young adult | Release date TBA |
The Black Volume of the Dead (The Eldest Curses #3 / 3) 2023 | fantasy > urban fantasy | Release date 2023 |
Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours #3 / 3) 2023 | fantasy, young adult |
Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2 / 3) 2021 | fantasy, young adult |
The Lost Book of the White (The Eldest Curses #2 / 3) 2020 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1 / 3) 2020 | fantasy, young adult |
Ghosts of the Shadow Market (Shadowhunters) 2019 | fantasy, short stories, young adult |
The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses #1 / 3) 2019 | fantasy > urban fantasy |
Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3 / 3) 2018 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
The Golden Tower (Magisterium #5 / 5) 2018 | fantasy, young adult |
The Silver Mask (Magisterium #4 / 5) 2017 | fantasy, young adult |
Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2 / 3) 2017 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (Shadowhunters) 2016 | fantasy, short stories, young adult |
The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3 / 5) 2016 | fantasy, young adult |
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1 / 3) 2016 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium #2 / 5) 2015 | fantasy, young adult |
The Bane Chronicles (Shadowhunters) 2014 | fantasy, short stories, young adult |
The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1 / 5) 2014 | fantasy, young adult |
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments #6 / 6) 2014 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
The Shadowhunter's Codex (Shadowhunters) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3 / 3) 2013 | fantasy > historical fantasy, young adult |
City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments #5 / 6) 2012 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2 / 3) 2011 | fantasy > historical fantasy, young adult |
City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments #4 / 6) 2011 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1 / 3) 2010 | fantasy > historical fantasy, young adult |
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments #3 / 6) 2009 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2 / 6) 2008 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1 / 6) 2007 | fantasy > urban fantasy, young adult |
Comics and Anthology (1)
Vacations from Hell 2009 | fantasy, anthology, young adult |