Kiera Cass

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Kiera Cass (* 19th May 1981 in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina ) is an American writer , famous for its New York Times - bestselling series Selection is known. The German translation of the series by Susann Friedrich is published by S. Fischer Verlag .

Career

Kiera Cass attended Coastal Carolina University before moving to Radford University .

In 2012 she published the first book in the Selection book series, originally intended as a trilogy, at HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins . The CW secured the rights to a television series and two pilot films have been made, but neither has been given the green light for a series. In April 2015, however, it was announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the film rights to the book. In addition to Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan from DiNovi Pictures', Pouya Shahbazian will also be working on the film as a producer. The screenplay will be written by Katie Lovejoy. On August 14, 2014, Kiera Cass announced that the Selection series will include more books. Another novella entitled The Favorite , which tells from Marlee's narrative perspective, appeared in early 2015. The fourth volume, Die Kronprinzessin , also followed. In 2016 Cass released the fifth volume, The Crown .

In May 2013, Cass announced that she was working on an as-yet-unnamed series, which she calls 238 on social networks . The series will also appear at HarperCollins.

Works

Selection range

  1. Selection . Fischer Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-7373-6188-0 (Original: The Selection , 2012)
  2. Selection - The Elite . Fischer Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-7373-6242-9 (Original: The Elite , 2013)
  3. Selection - The chosen one . Fischer Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-7373-6498-0 (Original: The One , 2014) ( 1st place on the Spiegel bestseller list from February 28 to March 6, 2015 )
  4. Selection - The Crown Princess . Fischer Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-7373-5224-6 (Original: The Heir , 2015)
  5. Selection - The Crown . Fischer Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-7373-5421-9 (Original: The Crown , 2016) Translated by Marieke Heimburger

Novellas

Selection stories
  • Selection stories - love or duty . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-7335-0043-6 (Original: The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard , 2014)
  • Selection stories - heart or crown . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-7335-0145-7 (Original: The Selection Stories: The Queen & The Favorite , 2015)
Others
  • The Prince , 2013
  • The Guard , 2014
  • The Queen , 2014
  • The Favorite , 2015

Other books

  • The Siren , 2016
  • The Betrothed , 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sierra Tishgart: Young adult author Kiera Cass on The Selection. In: Teen Vogue. April 26, 2012, accessed November 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Kiera Cass: About Me. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 10, 2013 ; accessed on May 16, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kieracass.com
  3. ↑ Jessie Potts: Interviews: Kiera Cass and Cornelia Funke. In: USA Today. April 24, 2013, accessed May 16, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Karen Springen: Should Authors and Agents Weigh In on Citizen Reviews? In: Publishers Weekly . January 19, 2012, accessed May 16, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'The Selection' Dead At The CW. Deadline Hollywood, May 9, 2013, accessed September 25, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Warner Bros Buys YA Title 'The Selection', Sets Black List Scribe Katie Lovejoy To Adapt . In: Deadline . April 22, 2015 ( deadline.com [accessed February 20, 2017]).
  7. ^ Kiera Cass to Author Two New Young-Adult Novels. In: Children's Book Council. March 13, 2013, accessed May 16, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Cass, Kiera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Myrtle Beach, South Carolina