Written by American author Naomi Novik, the Temeraire series is a reimagining of the epic events of the Napoleonic Wars with an air force–an air force of dragons, manned by crews of aviators. The story follows Capt. Will Laurence who is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate…
From American fantasy and science fiction writer Tad Williams, the Osten Ard Saga started in 1988 with the first trilogy (“Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn”) and, after twenty-four years, with a second trilogy (“The Last King of Osten Ard”). It takes place on the fictional continent of Osten Ard where humans, Sithi, and Qanuc live in…
Thanks to the popular media franchise from DreamWorks Animation consisting of three feature films, five short films, and three television series, chances are you know who are Hiccup and Toothless. But before becoming big stars on the big screen, the young Viking and his dragon were the protagonists of a series of fantasy children’s books…
Robin Hobb is one of the pen names of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Odgen. She grew up in Alaska, a setting that has impacted her work. She had her first stories published when she was thirty, under her other pen name, Megan Lindholm. A professional writer for almost 40 years, Robin Hobb has been writing epic…
Welcome to the Land of Stories, a series imagined (and written, of course) by Chris Colfer that takes Alex and Conner Bailey–and the readers–to a magic place where fairy tales are real. In this children’s adventure and fantasy book series described by its author as a modern-day fairy tale, the Bailey twins fall from the…
Marie Lu (born Xiwei Lu) is an American author who is known for the New York Times bestselling series Legend and The Young Elites. Before becoming a full-time writer, she had a career in the video game industry, working for Disney Interactive Studios as a Flash artist. Now, Lu specializes in Young Adult books beginning…
Written by Irish author Michael Scott, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is a young adult fantasy series about a French alchemist … and immortal Nicholas Flamel. The story centers around Sophie and Josh Newman, two fifteen-year-old Americans whose life is changed forever when Dr. John Dee engages Josh’s boss and bookstore owner, Nick…
Originally, Ever After High is a fashion doll franchise released by Mattel in July 2013–a companion line to the Monster High dolls. Now, it is a Netflix Show and, of course, a book series published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers! First written by Shannon Hale (then Suzanne Selfors, Heather Alexander, Lisa Shea &…
Written by Darren O’Shaughnessy under his pen name Darren Shan (author of The Demonata series), Cirque du Freak : The Saga of Darren Shan narrates the life of Darren Shan, a normal human boy who is coerced by the vampire Larten Crepsley into becoming his assistant and a half-vampire. The Saga of Darren Shan is…
British classic of children’s literature, The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis. Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, the series narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of that world full of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals….
Written by British author Joseph Delaney, The Wardstone Chronicles is a dark fantasy series of books also known as The Last Apprentice series in the U.S. This is the story Thomas “Tom” Ward. He is the seventh son of a seventh son who is apprenticed to John Gregory to become a Spook. He now learned…
Laurell K. Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer, best known for her Anita Blake series. Born Laurell Kaye Klein, Laurell K. Hamilton grew up in northern Indiana with her grandmother. She attended Marion College (now called Indiana Wesleyan University) where she received degrees in English and biology. She published her first book Nightseer…
