Cassandra Clare is definitely a prolific writer and best selling author. Her works have sold over 12 million copies world-wide and now the Wall Street Journal has given her a new title: New Queen of Fantasy.
Cassandra Clare has written two series of novels based on the shadow hunters, the half-angel, half-human characters she created based on ancient rune tattoos. There is also a third series in the works, The Dark Artifices. As a testament to Clare’s popularity and draw as an author, the series sold for a high seven figure advance in the US and a low seven figures in the UK. Not just any author could command that kind of money. Clare has definitely established herself as an author to be reckoned with.
From WSJ Clare on Fan Fiction:
“I totally support their writing of it,” says Ms. Clare, who lives in Amherst, Mass., with her husband and three cats. “It’s a huge compliment.”
Ms. Clare, who used to work as an entertainment reporter for the Hollywood Reporter in Los Angeles, began posting fan fiction online after a friend suggested she write some Harry Potter stories. In her “Draco Trilogy,” Harry Potter and his nemesis, Draco Malfoy, accidentally switch bodies during a botched experiment in potions class. The series gained a devoted following. She also wrote a parody of “The Lord of the Rings,” in the style of “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”
What do you think of the ‘Queen of Fantasy’ title? Has Cassandra Clare earned it?
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