{{short description|American young adult and fantasy writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox writer | name = Kristin Cashore | image = Kristen cashore 2012.jpg | imagesize = | nationality = American | occupation = Author | website = {{URL|kristincashore.com}} | caption = Cashore at the Texas Book Festival in 2012 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}} | genre = Young adult, fantasy | notable_works = Graceling }}
'''Kristin Cashore''' (born 1976) is an American young adult and fantasy writer, best known for the Graceling Realm series.
== Early life == Cashore grew up in the Pennsylvania countryside, the second of four daughters. She has a bachelor's degree from Williams College. She received her master's degree in Children's Literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in 2003.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/kristin-cashore/|title=Kristin Cashore Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level {{!}} Scholastic|website=www.scholastic.com|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> She has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, a legal assistant, and a freelance writer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/238529/kristin-cashore|title=Kristin Cashore {{!}} Penguin Random House|website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> She writes her novels by hand.<ref name=":2" />
== Literary career == Her debut novel, ''Graceling'', was published in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/2008/02/short-bio-of-me.html | title = A Short Bio | work = This Is My Secret (personal blog) | date = February 28, 2008 | accessdate = 2009-04-04}}</ref> The book was nominated for the Andre Norton and William C. Morris awards and earned a place on the Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year for 2008.<ref name="publishersweekly1">{{cite journal |author=PW Review Staff |date=November 3, 2008 |title=PW's Best Books of the Year |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6610357.html |journal=Publishers Weekly |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108162538/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6610357.html |archivedate=January 8, 2009}}</ref> Her second book, ''Fire'', was released in October 2009, and is described as being a 'prequel-ish companion book' to ''Graceling''.<ref name="KC.my-books" /> ''Fire'' received the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award.<ref name=":0" />
''Bitterblue'', the third book of the Graceling Realm series, was released in May 2012.<ref name="KC.my-books">{{cite web | url = http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-books.html | title = My books | work = This Is My Secret | date = February 28, 2008 | accessdate = 2009-04-04}} </ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/?index=books&field-author=Kristin%20Cashore | title = Kristin Cashore | work = Amazon.com | accessdate = 2009-04-04}} </ref> As of 2017, the Graceling Realm series had sold more than 1.5 million copies and been translated into 33 languages.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/73716-bookexpo-2017-kristin-cashore-takes-a-break.html|title=BookExpo 2017: Kristin Cashore Takes a Break|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-05-26|language=en}}</ref>
Cashore's fourth book, ''Jane, Unlimited'', was released in September 2017. ''Jane, Unlimited'' is her first published novel that takes a step away from the Graceling Realm, and is told in multiple genres.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/74817-q-a-with-kristin-cashore.html|title=Q & A with Kristin Cashore|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-05-27|language=en}}</ref>
Cashore returned to the Graceling Realm series with ''Winterkeep'', which was released in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winterkeep |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316406/winterkeep-by-kristin-cashore/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> ''Seasparrow'', released in November 2022, was the fifth book in the series.
Cashore has also written professionally for textbooks, and teacher editions, as well as for The Horn Book Guide.<ref name=":1" />
Her latest book, ''There Is a Door in this Darkness'', was released on June 11, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cover Reveal: THERE IS A DOOR IN THIS DARKNESS by Kristin Cashore |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313481/there-is-a-door-in-this-darkness-by-kristin-cashore// |website=Penguin |date=8 August 2024}}</ref>
==Publications==
=== Graceling Realm series === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! # ! Title ! Published |- | 1 | ''Graceling'' | 1 October 2008 |- | 2 | ''Fire'' | 5 October 2009 |- | 3 | ''Bitterblue'' | 1 May 2012 |- | 4 | ''Winterkeep'' | 19 January 2021 |- | 5 | ''Seasparrow'' | 1 November 2022 |}
===Standalone novels=== * ''Jane, Unlimited'' (September 19, 2017) * ''There Is a Door in This Darkness'' (June 11, 2024)
===Graphic novels=== * ''Graceling: Graphic Novel'' (November 16, 2021)
==References== {{reflist |25em}}
==External links== *[https://kristincashore.com/ Official website] *{{ISFDB name|111882}} * {{LCAuth|n2007026790|Kristin Cashore|4|}}
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