She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich.

She lives in Los Angeles, California with her written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. 'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' - Teen VogueĪbout the kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum. * Don't miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese ( P.S. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided.

Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. 'Smart, textured and romantic.Is falling in love the beginning. ' will be swept up by the haunting and detailed atmosphere, the conventions and strictures of Southern life, and a compelling and dimensional mythology.' - Publishers Weekly

'In the Gothic tradition of Anne Rice.Give this to fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight or HBO's 'True Blood' series.' - School Library Journal 'This book has it all: a creepy setting, a deadly curse, reincarnation, spells, witchcraft and voodoo, plus characters that simply will not let the reader put the book down until finished.Who could ask for more? A sequel? Please!' - VOYA 'Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about.' - Carrie Ryan, NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

'A potent mix of the gothic, the mythic, and the magical.With original characters, complex world building, and crackling prose, this is masterful storytelling.' - Deborah Harkness, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches on the Beautiful Creatures novels 'A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy.' - Cassandra Clare, NYT bestselling author of City of Bones 'A lush Southern gothic.' - Holly Black, NYT bestselling author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale 'Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original.' - Melissa Marr, NYT bestselling author of Wicked Lovely A NYPL 'Book for the Teen Age'An ALA 2015 Popular Paperbacks Pick

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