Cassandra Clare facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Cassandra Clare
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| Born | Judith Rumelt July 27, 1973 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Literary movement | Contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy of manners |
| Notable works | The Mortal Instruments series |
| Spouse | Joshua Lewis |
| Relatives | Richard Rumelt (father) Max Rosenberg (grandfather) |
Judith Lewis, who writes under the name Cassandra Clare, is a popular American author. She is famous for her bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments, which is a type of story called young adult fiction. She was born on July 27, 1973.
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About Cassandra Clare
Her Early Life and Family
Cassandra Clare was born Judith Rumelt in Tehran, Iran. Her parents are American. Her father, Richard Rumelt, is a professor and author. Her grandfather, Max Rosenberg, was a film producer. Clare's family is Jewish, but she has said they are not very religious.
As a child, Clare moved around a lot. She lived in Switzerland, England, and France. Later, she came back to Los Angeles for high school. After that, she spent her time between California and New York City. She worked for different magazines there.
Her Friends and Home
Cassandra Clare is good friends with another author, Holly Black. Sometimes, characters from their books appear in each other's stories. For example, Clare has mentioned characters from Black's novel Valiant.
Clare's publisher also came up with a cool idea for her books. They would attach a special "letter" from one character to another inside the physical books. This helped make people want to buy the printed books.
As of 2013, Clare lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. She lives there with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and their three cats.
The Mortal Instruments Book Series
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In 2004, Cassandra Clare started writing her first published novel. It was called City of Bones. She was inspired by the busy city of Manhattan. City of Bones came out in 2007 from Simon & Schuster.
The Main Story
City of Bones is a modern fantasy story. It follows characters like Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis. When it was released, it quickly became a New York Times bestseller.
This first story was part of a trilogy. The other two books were City of Ashes and City of Glass. Later, a second trilogy was added to the series. These books were City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire.
Other Series in the Same World
There is also a prequel series called The Infernal Devices. It takes place in the same world as The Mortal Instruments. However, these stories are set in the Victorian era. This series has three books:
- Clockwork Angel (published August 31, 2010)
- Clockwork Prince (published December 6, 2011)
- Clockwork Princess (published March 19, 2013)
In 2012, a fourth series was announced. It is called The Dark Artifices. This modern series is set in Los Angeles. It follows a female Shadowhunter named Emma Carstairs. She was first seen in City of Heavenly Fire. The books in this series are:
- Lady Midnight (released March 2016)
- Lord of Shadows (released April 2017)
- Queen of Air and Darkness (released December 4, 2018)
Short Stories and Adaptations
There are also two collections of short stories connected to this world.
- The Bane Chronicles was finished in 2014. Cassandra Clare wrote it with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson.
- Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy was also written with Brennan, Johnson, and Robin Wasserman.
The first book from The Mortal Instruments was made into a movie. It was called The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and came out in 2013. Lily Collins played Clary Fray, and Jamie Campbell Bower played Jace Wayland.
The movie did not do very well, so other movies in the series were canceled. However, a TV show based on The Mortal Instruments was made. It was called Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments. The show started in January 2016 and ran for three seasons.
Discussions About Her Early Writing
There were some discussions about Cassandra Clare's early fan fiction writing. This happened around 2000–2001. She wrote a fan fiction series called The Draco Trilogy.
In 2013, The Christian Science Monitor wrote about how some people in the Harry Potter online fan community were upset. Later that year, The Daily Dot reported that parts of Clare's The Draco Trilogy were very similar to a chapter from The Secret Country (1985) by Pamela Dean. This happened without giving credit to Dean.
Because of this, in 2001, administrators at FanFiction.Net reviewed the situation. They decided to ban Clare and remove her writings from their website. Clare continued to share her trilogy on a fan fiction Yahoo! group until 2006. She later used many ideas from The Draco Trilogy in her popular Mortal Instruments book series.
Another fantasy author, Sherrilyn Kenyon, also had a legal disagreement with Clare. Kenyon said that Clare's Shadowhunters series had similarities to Kenyon's Dark-Hunters series (1998). Kenyon's lawsuit mentioned that characters and other parts of the books were very alike. Clare's lawyers stated that Clare had never read Kenyon's books. Eventually, Kenyon removed the main claim about copying. The issue was settled outside of court.
Awards and Recognition
For City of Bones
- 2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers
- Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
- An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner, 2008
- Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
- Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
- A Texas TAYSHAS title 2010
- Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
- Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
- Shortlisted for The North Carolina School Library Media Association Young Adult Book Award
- Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List Title 2008
- Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards
For City of Ashes
- A 2009 ALA Teens Top Ten Title
For City of Fallen Angels
- Best Goodreads Author in 2011
For City of Heavenly Fire
- Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2014
See also
In Spanish: Cassandra Clare para niños
