Written by American author Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Lux Universe is a young-adult paranormal fantasy franchise comprised of three series (Lux, Arum, and Origin) and three companion books. The story begins with Katy Swartz, a young woman who moves from Florida to West Virginia right before her senior year and discovers a new hot but…
After the success of the new adaptation of Flowers in the Attic and its sequel, Lifetime continued to adapt V.C. Andrews’ books, first with an adaptation of The Casteel series and then with The Landry series, with V.C. Andrews’ Ruby Movie Series Event. The Ruby Series (or The Landry Series) is actually not written by…
Born on 19 May 1981, Kiera Cass is an American writer of young adult fiction. A graduate of Radford University with a B.S. in History, her first book, The Selection, was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. The Selection became a very popular young adult series composed of five full-length novels and multiple short stories. Kiera…
Written by American author Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga is a young adult vampire-romance series about the love story between a seventeen-year-old human girl, Bella Swan, and a 104-year-old vampire, Edward Cullen. Most of the story is told from Bella’s perspective. One of the biggest phenomena of the 2000s, with 160 million copies sold worldwide,…
Written by American author Robyn Carr (Grace Valley, Thunder Point), The Virgin River series takes us to the remote California town of… Virgin River. The story begins with Melinda “Mel” Monroe, who answers an ad to work as a midwife and nurse practitioner. When she arrived at Virgin River, she thought she had made a…
British author of romantic comedy, Jill Mansell used to work at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol for many years before she became a full-time writer in 1992. Since then, she became a well-known chick-lit author who wrote more than 30 books like “And Now You’re Back,” “It Started With A Secret,” “Maybe This Time,”…
Born Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), V.C. Andrews was an American author mixing gothic horror with family saga who made her name with Flowers in the Attic, published in 1979, and which became an instant success. After that, she published a new novel each year until her death. She wrote…
Ilona Andrews is the pen name used by Ilona Gordon and her husband Andrew Gordon write urban fantasy and romantic fiction together. Ilona was born in Russia in 1976 and came to the United States as a teenager. She studied at Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry. It was in college, in English…
Sophie Kinsella has been writing romantic comedies for over two decades. Born in London, Sophie Kinsella has graduated from Oxford University and worked as a financial journalist, before becoming a fiction writer. Her first book was published when she was 26, under her real name, Madeleine Wickham. She found critical and public success and went…
A Court of Thorns and Roses (abbreviated to ACOTAR) is a romance fantasy series written by Sarah J. Maas, inspired by multiple fairy tales including the Beauty and the Beast and the tale of Tam Lin, but also Greek myths like Hades and Persephone. The story follows Feyre, a huntress who thinks the skin of…
Jodi Taylor is an English writer of fantasy-historical and romance novels, known for The Chronicles of St Mary’s series, about a group of historians who investigate major historical events. Jodi Taylor worked for almost 20 years for North Yorkshire County Council, occupying different positions like Facilities Manager for the Library Service. She self-published her first…
Karen Rose is a bestselling award-winning romantic suspense author from Baltimore, Maryland. She used to work as a chemical engineer for a large consumer goods company and started writing for fun. Her debut suspense novel was published in July 2003 and wrote since then more than twenty novels. Even if Rose’s books are set in…
