Born on March 5, 1986, in New York City, New York, Sarah J. Maas is an American fantasy author. Maas began writing what would become her debut novel, Throne of Glass, when she was sixteen years old, and it has now sold in thirty-five languages. Since then, Sarah J. Maas became a New York Times…
Karen Kingsbury used to be a journalist for the Los Angeles Times–and later for the Los Angeles Daily News. Her first books were in the True Crime genre, but she later wrote Christian inspirational family sagas like The Baxters. In fact, her series involving the Baxter Family are her most popular ones. The saga is…
The Shadowhunter Chronicles written by Cassandra Clare encompasses three novel series, two short-story collections, and four graphic novels. Those stories are set in a universe where fairy tales and mythologies are true. Living alongside the mundane (or normal humans), a race of humans who possess angel blood, the Nephilim or Shadowhunters, is organized to patrol…
Born in 1951, Marie Alice Monroe is a novelist and environmental conversationalist who studied journalism before married in 1972 Markus Kruesi, a child psychiatrist. Following their honeymoon in Japan, Marie Alice Monroe was inspired to study Asian culture and became bilingual in Japanese, and earned her master’s degree. Before becoming an author, Mary Alice Monroe…
One of the most important names in English literature, Jane Austen was an English novelist famous for her critique and comments on the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th Century, using irony and realism. She wrote six major novels, the most iconic of them all being Pride and Prejudice (with the one…
Born on February 19, 1984, in Tacoma, Washington, Marissa Meyer is an American writer of Young adult fantasy and science fiction romance. She attended Pacific Lutheran University, where she received a degree in creative writing and worked as a book editor before beginning her career as a writer. She wrote Sailor Moon fan fiction under…
Marian Keyes is an Irish writer known for her work in women’s literature. Many of her novels are known for their more comedic tones, but they cover dark themes including family, divorce, mental illness, domestic violence, drug abuse, and alcoholism. Born in 1963, Marian Keyes studied law and accountancy, and first had an administrative job….
Written by British writer Heidi Swan, the Wynbridge Series is a series of stand-alone novels featuring the inhabitants of the English village Wynbridge. The books can be read in any order, but take place in chronological (publication) order and feature many of the same characters, so later books may contain minor spoilers for previous books….
Written by American writer Helen Hardt, the Steel Brothers Saga is, like the title suggests, a family Saga about the Steels with secrets, love, and twists. The brothers are named Ryan, Jonas, and Talon. They have secrets, they keep some but search for others. They also are searching for love and, even if they don’t,…
Written by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander is a mix of historical fiction with a healthy touch of romance, adventures, mysteries, and, of course, elements of science fiction (you know, time travel!). The story follows a 20th-century British nurse named Claire Randall. When she inadvertently time travels to 18th-century Scotland, she meets the Highland warrior Jamie Fraser….
Created by American author Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake is a vampire hunter and necromancer who lives in the city of St. Louis. Not our St. Louis, but one in an alternate universe where magic, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural elements are quite real. Working as a professional zombie animator, legal vampire executioner, and supernatural…
Carola Dunn is a British writer (living in America) who’s known for her regency romances and, lately, for her cozy mystery novels. Her most famous work is the Daisy Dalrymple series about a freelance writer married to a Scotland Yard Detective in the 1920s who do some sleuthing with her husband. Dunn is also a…
