Kristin Cashore grew up in the northeast Pennsylvania countryside as the second of four daughters. She received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, and she has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, a legal assistant, and a freelance writer. She has lived in many places (including Sydney, New York City, Boston, London, Austin, and Jacksonville, Florida), and she currently lives in the Boston area. Her epic fantasy novels set in the Graceling Realm--Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue--have won many awards and much high praise, including picks as ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editors Choice, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. In addition, Graceling was shortlisted for the William C. Morris Debut Award and Fire is an Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner.
A New York Times Best Seller
★ "Cashore's fourth Graceling novel features two strong, but
very different, female protagonists . . . this gripping tale
of spies, romantic tension and moral dilemmas . . .
[A] magnificent addition to the series." —Shelf Awareness,
starred review
★ "Delicately, inexorably plotted, this is a captivating novel
of action and ideas . . . an accomplishment all the more
admirable in that Cashore achieves it largely through
characterization." —Horn Book, starred review
★ "This long-awaited addition to the series exceeds
expectations—with the action of Graceling, the political
theater of Fire, and characters from Bitterblue, this
title has something to offer all Cashore fans." —School
Library Journal, starred review
"Cashore excels at finely drawn characters and realistic portrayals
of toxic parents’ effect on their children . . . this worthy
addition to the series is sure to excite fans who, after eight
years, may not have dared hope for another installment. This is
both a timely primer on the dangers of a politically divided
society and a good story." —Kirkus
"While the novel will please fans by following characters familiar
from previous books, particularly Bitterblue (2012), Lovisa soon
moves to center stage in a sometimes wrenching, increasingly
absorbing coming-of-age story. Readers who admire Cashore’s ability
to create original settings, complex characters, and engaging
narratives will find plenty to enjoy here." —Booklist
"The combination could have been entirely overwhelming, but Cashore
pulls it off with aplomb, making the reader do the work to put
together the clues from the various perspectives and see both the
danger and the possible solutions—but not without some
surprises. Cashore is making serious commentary on real world
problems . . . savvy readers will make those connections and
they’ll appreciate the depth and complexity offered to those
themes." —BCCB
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