Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare (2019)

Judith Rumelt (born July 27, 1973 in Tehran , Iran ), better known under the name Cassandra Clare , under whom the youth books of the series " Chronicles of the Underworld " were published, is a writer of mainly youth and fantasy novels. The first volume “City of Bones”, published in 2007, is the author's debut novel .

Life

Cassandra Clare (2013)

The daughter of American parents was born in Tehran. She spent the first ten years of her life in France , the United Kingdom and Switzerland before going to school in Los Angeles and New York . Then she worked for magazines and the tabloids .

Initially, the author made a name for herself as a fan author under the pseudonym Cassandra Clare. She borrowed the first name of her pseudonym from Jane Austen's short story "The Beautiful Cassandra", which she had already used as the basis for a story she had written as a student.

She wrote a trilogy on " Harry Potter " ( The Draco Trilogy ) and " Lord of the Rings " ( The Very Secret Diaries of Middle Earth ). Clare was then referred to as a Big Name Fan, and her work received several press reports. The "Draco Trilogy" was described by the "Times" as "a jewel of such excellent quality" "that it inspires the reader's enthusiasm for Harry Potter". The "Daily Telegraph" made "The Very Secret Diaries of Middle Earth" a cult classic. However, through her work as a fan-writer, Clare was also confronted with allegations of plagiarism (very obvious in the case of the Draco trilogy) . These allegations of plagiarism go so far that it would be necessary to investigate how much of her fan work actually comes from her own pen, since entire passages from previously published works have been copied and this undermines her own creativity as an author.

For her first independent novel "City of Bones" (2007), which appeared under the pseudonym Cassandra Clare , city life in Manhattan inspired the author. The book was published in German in January 2008. It is the first part of the six-part series "Chronicles of the Underworld" ("The Mortal Instruments"). Part 2, "City of Ashes", was released in 2008, followed by "City of Glass" (2009), "City of Fallen Angels" (2011), "City of Lost Souls" (2012) and "City of Heavenly Fire" ( 2014).

In August 2010 the first book in the series "The Infernal Devices" was published, which takes place in the historical period before the plot of the Chronicles of the Underworld. It consists of "Clockwork Angel" (2010), "Clockwork Prince" (2011) and "Clockwork Princess" (2013).

bibliography

Shadowhunters series

Chronicles of the Underworld ( The Mortal Instruments )

→ Main article : Chronicles of the Underworld

• Part 1: City of Bones (2007); German at Arena Verlag , ISBN 978-3-401-06132-0 (2008)
• Part 2: City of Ashes (2008); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06133-7 (2008)
• Part 3: City of Glass (2009); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06134-4 (2009)
• Part 4: City of Fallen Angels (2011); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06559-5 (2011)
• Part 5: City of Lost Souls (2012); German at Arena-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06667-7 (2013)
• Part 6: City of Heavenly Fire (2014); German at Arena-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06674-5 (2015)

Chronicles of the Shadowhunters ( The Infernal Devices )

• Part 1: Clockwork Angel , ISBN 978-1-4169-7587-8 (2010); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06474-1 (2011)
• Part 2: Clockwork Prince, ISBN 978-1-4169-7588-5 (2011); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06475-8 (2012)
• Part 3: Clockwork Princess ISBN 978-1-4169-7590-8 (2013); German at Arena Verlag, ISBN 978-3-401-06476-5 (2013)

The Dark Forces ( The Dark Artifices )

• Part 1: Lady Midnight, ISBN 978-1-442-46835-1 (2016)
• Part 2: Lord of Shadows , ISBN 978-3-442-31425-6 (2017)
• Part 3: Queen of Air and Darkness , ISBN 978-3-442-31 426-3 (2018)

The Chronicles of Magnus Bane ( The Bane Chronicles )

The story was divided into ten parts. From April 16, 2013 until June 2014, a part was published each month as an e-book . The writing team consists of Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson and Sarah Rees Brennan. In 2014 all chapters were combined into a complete book.

• Part 1: What Really Happened in Peru (April 16, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; deutsch What actually happened in Peru
• Part 2: The Runaway Queen (May 21, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; German The Queen's Escape
• Part 3: Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale (June 18, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; German Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale
• Part 4: The Midnight Heir (July 23, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; German daughter of darkness
• Part 5: The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort (August 20, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; deutsch The rise of the Hotel Dumort
• Part 6: Saving Raphael Santiago (September 17, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; deutsch The rescue of Raphael Santiago
• Part 7: No Immortal Can Keep a Secret (October 15, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; deutsch The decline of the Hotel Dumort
• Part 8: What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway) (June 23, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; deutsch What do you give a shadow hunter who already has everything?
• Part 9: The Last Stand of the New York Institute (December 31, 2013), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; german The last fight of the New York Institute
• Part 10: The Curse of True Love (and First Dates) (June 23, 2014), Cassandra Clare; German The curse of true love (and first dates)

Legends of the Shadow Hunter Academy ( Tales from the Shadow Hunter Academy )

This story was also divided into 10 parts. From April 22, 2015 until November 2015, a part was published each month as an e-book. The writing team consists of Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman and Sarah Rees Brennan.

• Part 1: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (February 17, 2015 ) , Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; deutsch Welcome to the Shadowhunter Academy
• Part 2: The Lost Herondale (March 17, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman; German The lost Herondale
• Part 3: The Whitechapel Fiend (April 21, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; German The Devil of Whitechapel
• Part 4: Nothing But Shadows (May 19, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; deutsch Nothing but shadow
• Part 5: The Evil We Love (June 16, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Robin Wassermann; deutsch The evil that we love
• Part 6: Pale Kings and Princes (July 21, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Robin Wassermann; German kings, princes, so pale
• Part 7: Bitter of Tongue (August 18, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; german bitter truth
• Part 8: The Fiery Trial (September 22, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson; German The Trial by Fire
• Part 9: Born to Endless Night (October 20, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan; deutsch Born to endless night
• Part 10: Angels Twice Descending (November 17, 2015), Cassandra Clare and Robin Wassermann; deutsch The return of the angels

Magisterium Series

Clare is writing this series of books with her good friend Holly Black . A total of five books have been published.

• Part 1: The Iron Trial (2014); deutsch The way into the labyrinth
• Part 2: The Copper Gaunlet (2015); german The copper glove
• Part 3: The Bronze Key (2016); german The key made of bronze
• Part 4: The Silver Mask (2017); deutsch The silver mask
• Part 5: The Golden Tower (2018); german The golden tower

Individual evidence

1. ↑ My Bio. http://www.cassandraclare.com/ , accessed June 4, 2016 . 
2. ↑ http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/8985.html (on Archive.org) ( Memento from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Cassandra Clare  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Cassandra Clare in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Chronicles of the Underworld
• Homepage of the author (English)
• Chronicles of the Underworld fansite (German)
• Interview with Cassandra Clare and Holly Black on the Blue Side