The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare is the pen name of Judith Lewis, born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She spent her childhood travelling with her family, living in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She worked in entertainment journalism — including a spell at The Hollywood Reporter — before turning to fiction full time in 2006. City of Bones (2007) opened The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that established her Shadowhunters w...

Maureen Johnson (born February 16, 1973, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of young adult and mystery fiction. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Writing from Columbia University. Best known for the Truly Devious mystery series and the Shades of London series, her other works include 13 Little Blue Envelopes and Let It Snow (co-written with John Green and Lauren Myracle). She has also contributed novellas to Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter...

Sarah Rees Brennan is an Irish author of young adult and adult fantasy. Her debut novel, The Demon's Lexicon (2009), was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and began a trilogy completed by The Demon's Covenant and The Demon's Surrender. She followed it with the Lynburn Legacy trilogy (Unspoken, Untold, Unmade), the standalone novels Tell the Wind and Fire and In Other Lands, and several Shadowhunter Chronicles novellas co-written with Cassandra Clare. Her first novel for adults, Long Live Evil (2...