Melissa Albert
Melissa Albert
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Melissa Albert is an American young adult author from Illinois who studied journalism at Columbia College Chicago and worked as a managing editor at Barnes & Noble before publishing fiction. Her debut novel, The Hazel Wood, a fairy-tale noir, spent 36 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was followed by the sequel The Night Country. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Melissa Albert is best known for her dark, atmospheric young adult fantasy novels that often blend fairy tale elements with a contemporary setting.
Melissa Albert's main series is The Hazel Wood series, which begins with The Hazel Wood, followed by The Night Country. There is also a companion novella, Tales from the Hinterland, which can be read at any point after The Hazel Wood.