Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Born (1981-11-18) November 18, 1981 (age 43)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Occupation Writer
Genre Fantasy, Young Adult fiction
Website
maggiestiefvater.com

Maggie Stiefvater (STEE-vah-tǝr; born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of Young Adult fiction. She currently lives in Virginia.[1]

Early life

Stiefvater was born Heidi Hummel in Harrisonburg, Virginia. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on,[2] Maggie Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history.[3] After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art,[4] which is collected internationally.[5] At 16, she legally changed her first name from Heidi to Margaret.[6] She is married and has two children.[7]

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Stiefvater with her first car

Writing career

Stiefvater published her first novel, Lament, in 2008.[8] Before Lament had been released, she sold the rights to Ballad, the sequel to Lament, and to Shiver, the first book in The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy.[9] Shiver spent more than 40 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.[10] In 2010, Linger debuted at the number one spot on the New York Times Bestseller List.[11] There are over 1.7 million copies of The Wolves of Mercy Falls series in print and more than thirty-six foreign editions have been licensed.[12]

In 2011 Stiefvater published The Scorpio Races, which received 5 starred reviews and was named a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book.[13]

Music

Stiefvater is also known for her music. She played the highland bagpipes competitively while in college, and began a Celtic band, Ballynoola, that toured on the eastern seaboard.[14] She plays multiple other instruments as well.[15] With her sister, Kate Hummel, she writes and records a piece of music for each novel she releases. These are released to the public in the form of animated book trailers.[16] Stiefvater is also known for drawing on guitars with Sharpies and giving them away to fans at major events.[17]

Art

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Portrait of the artist as a cartoon character

Before turning to writing full-time, Stiefvater was a professional portrait artist, specializing in colored pencil.[18]

Stiefvater also animates the book trailers for each of her books, using both stop-motion animation and traditional animation techniques.[19]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Scorpio Races (2011)
  • Spirit Animals Book 2: Hunted (2014)
  • Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures with Jackson Pearce (2015)

Books of Faerie

  • Lament (2008)
  • Ballad (2009)
  • Requiem (TBD)

The Wolves of Mercy Falls

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  • Shiver (2009)
  • Linger (2010)
  • Forever (2011)
  • Sinner (2014)
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Stiefvater on tour with a boat shoe similar to the ones worn by her character Gansey in the Raven Cycle

The Raven Cycle

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  • The Raven Boys (2012)
  • The Dream Thieves (2013)
  • Blue Lily, Lily Blue (2014)
  • The Raven King (2016)

Anthologies

  • The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories with Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff (2012)
  • The Anatomy of Curiosity with Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff (2015)

Short fiction

  • The Hounds of Ulster (2010)
  • Non Quis, Sed Quid (2011)

Film adaptations

Shiver

Unique Features, in association with Warner Bros., optioned Shiver's film rights shortly after Shiver was released.[20] A screenplay was written by Nick Pustay.[21][22] In 2011, the option lapsed.

The Scorpio Races

Warner Bros. optioned the books film rights shortly after it was released.[23] David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith’s KatzSmith Productions will produce the film.[24]

The Raven Boys

New Line Cinema, in conjunction with Weed Road, optioned the film rights for The Raven Boys shortly before the book's release in September 2012. No screenplay has been written; casting has not begun.[25]

Recognition

Shiver

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Stiefvater whilst hiking in the woods, with a skull
  • Debuted at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list
  • Indies Choice Book Award Finalist
  • ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
  • Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009
  • Border's Original Voices Pick & Finalist
  • Barnes & Noble 2009 Top Twenty Books for Teens
  • CBC Children's Choice Awards Finalist
  • 2010 SIBA Book Award, Finalist
  • Glamour's Best Book to Curl Up With
  • VOYA's Perfect Ten, 2009
  • BDB Top Young Reads of 2009

Lament

  • ALA 2010 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
  • ALA 2010 Best Books for Young Adults
  • SIBA Book Award Nominee
  • Starred review, Publisher's Weekly
  • Starred review, Booklist
  • Starred review, KLIATT

The Scorpio Races

  • Michael L. Printz Award Honor, 2012
  • The Odyssey Honor Award 2012 for Best Audio Production
  • Los Angeles Times Book Times Award Finalist, 2012
  • ALA Notable Books for Children, 2012
  • The New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2011
  • Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of 2011
  • Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best, 2012
  • Amazon's Best Books for Teens 2011
  • School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year
  • Kirkus' Best Teen Books of the Year (2011)
  • Horn Book Best Books of 2011
  • Children's Book Committee 2012 Best Children's Books of the Year
  • Finalist, 2012 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
  • YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
  • YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, 2012
  • 2012 NCTE/ CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts

The Raven Boys

  • TIME Magazine Season's Most Anticipated Reads
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Amazon Books Editors' Selection: Fall Favorites
  • Autumn 2012 Kids' Indie Next List Pick
  • Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

The Dream Thieves

  • Detcon1 Member Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction
  • School Library Journal's Best Books of 2013
  • Chapters-Indigo Best Books of 2013

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

  • TIME Magazine Season's Most Anticipated Reads
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2012
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Amazon Books Editors' Selection: Fall Favorites
  • 2013 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
  • Autumn 2012 Kids' Indie Next List Pick
  • Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Audiofile's Best Audiobooks of the Year for 2012
  • Indigo Top 25 of 2012
  • BCCB Blue Ribbons 2012
  • Leserpreis 2013, Best Fantasy
  • One of Rolling Stone's Best 40 YA Novels

See also

References

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  18. ↑ "Maggie Stiefvater on on Creating an Animated Book Trailer for The Raven Boys". Children's Book Council (cbcbooks.org). August 6, 2012. Archived 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
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