{{Short description|2014 novella collection}} {{Infobox book | name = The Bane Chronicles | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Bane Chronicles Book Cover 2.jpg | caption = Cover of the compiled book | authors = Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson | illustrator = | cover_artist = Malak Abdelmuati | country = USA | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Fiction | publisher = Simon & Schuster | pub_date = April 16, 2013 – March 18, 2014 (print edition November 11, 2014) | english_pub_date = | media_type = e-book, audio, print | pages = 544 | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | followed_by = }}
'''''The Bane Chronicles''''' is a series of connected novellas featuring the character of Magnus Bane from Cassandra Clare's ''The Mortal Instruments'' series. The novellas are co-written by Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan. Release of the novellas began in April 2013 in e-book and audio versions, and were released in a combined print edition in November 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/12/10/cassandra-clare-the-bane-chronicles-sarah-rees-brennan-maureen-johnson/ | title=Cassandra Clare launches e-serialization based on popular 'Mortal Instruments' character | work=Entertainment Weekly | date=December 10, 2012 | accessdate=4 December 2013 | author=Brissey, Breia}}</ref> ''The Bane Chronicles'' has appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers list for Children's Books a number of times beginning in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-07-07/series-books/list.html?date=2013-07-07&category=series-books&pagewanted=print | title=Bestsellers: Children's Series | work=The New York Times | date=July 7, 2013 | accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref>
==Development== Clare, Johnson, and Brennan have stated that development on the series began when they were telling stories about Clare's character of Magnus Bane to each other. They decided that the non-traditional style of interconnected novellas would be best served by initial Internet publication. The series is also notable for using well-known actors as narrators for the audiobook versions of each novella. The authors provided a list of dream narrators to their publisher, and each audiobook has a different narrator, including Andrew Scott, Michael Trevino, and Jesse Williams.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2013/04/11/the-bane-chronicles-cassandra-clare-maureen-johnson-sarah-rees-brennan-what-really-happened-in-peru-exclusive-cover/2/ | title=Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan chat about 'The Bane Chronicles' -- EXCLUSIVE COVER | work=Entertainment Weekly | date=April 11, 2013 | accessdate=4 December 2013 | author=Breia, Brissey}}</ref> For some of the actors, this was their first time doing voice work.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/17/jesse-williams-bane-chronicles-what-really-happened-in-peru/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419165246/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/17/jesse-williams-bane-chronicles-what-really-happened-in-peru/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 19, 2013 | title=Jesse Williams Spills The Beans On His 'Bane Chronicles' Voice Gig | work=MTV | date=April 17, 2013 | accessdate=4 December 2013 | author=Rosenfield, Kat}}</ref>
The first 10 stories were released between April 2013 and March 2014, and the compiled print version, released in November 2014, contained an eleventh story exclusive to the book.
==Novellas== Source:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shadowhunters.com/TheBaneChronicles/ | title=The Bane Chronicles | accessdate=4 December 2013 | archive-date=21 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421112641/http://shadowhunters.com/TheBaneChronicles/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> * What Really Happened in Peru (with Sarah Rees Brennan) ** Release Date: April 16, 2013 ** Narrator: Jesse Williams * The Runaway Queen (with Maureen Johnson) ** Release Date: May 21, 2013 ** Narrator: George Blagden * Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale (with Sarah Rees Brennan) ** Release Date: June 18, 2013 ** Narrator: Andrew Scott * The Midnight Heir (with Sarah Rees Brennan) ** Release Date: July 16, 2013 ** Narrator: David Oyelowo * The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (with Maureen Johnson) ** Release Date: August 20, 2013 ** Narrator: Stephen Lunsford * Saving Raphael Santiago (with Sarah Rees Brennan) ** Release Date: September 17, 2013 ** Narrator: Michael Trevino * Fall of the Hotel Dumort (with Maureen Johnson) ** Release Date: October 15, 2013 ** Narrator: Cecil Baldwin (of Welcome to Night Vale) * What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway) ** Release Date: November 19, 2013 ** Narrator Jordan Gavaris * The Last Stand of the New York Institute (with Maureen Johnson and Sarah Rees Brennan) ** Release Date: December 17, 2013 ** Narrator: Jamie Bamber * The Course of True Love (and First Dates) ** Release Date: March 18, 2014 ** Narrator: Gareth David-Lloyd * The Voicemail of Magnus Bane ** Release Date: November 11, 2014 (exclusively in full book print version) ** Narrators: Seth Numrich and Molly C. Quinn (exclusively in full book audio version)
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