Maggie Stiefvater
Author of Shiver
About the Author
Maggie Stiefvater is the author of the bestselling Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger and Forever) and The Raven Cycle Series. She is also the author of a book in the Spirit Animals Series (Hunted). Her title Sinner made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. Maggie attended Mary Washington show more College, graduating with a B.A. in history. She is also an artist, equestrian, musician, and technical editor. She enjoys writing full time from her home in Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Maggie Stiefvater
Requiem 55 copies
A Minor Raven Boys Holiday Drabble 40 copies
300 Fox Way Holiday Piece 35 copies
A Very Declan Christmas 19 copies
Untitled (Untitled Trilogy, #1) 14 copies
#girlnovel 6 copies
Call Down The Hawk 8 chapter sampler 4 copies
DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults Sneak Previews: Swamp Thing: Twin Branches (2020-) #1 (2020) 4 copies
Illuminating the Prophecy 2 copies
Lament / Ballad 2 copies
Forever: Deleted Scene! 1 copy
#darknovel 1 copy
œ: ơ ʻ ư 1 copy
Non Quis, Sed Quid 1 copy
The Hounds of Ulster 1 copy
#foolishnovel 1 copy
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- Other names
- Hummel, Heidi
- Birthdate
- 1981-11-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Harrisonburg, Virginia USA
- Places of residence
- Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
- Education
- University of Mary Washington (B.A. History)
- Occupations
- Writer
- Short biography
- Margaret Stiefvater (born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of Young Adult fiction, known mainly for her series of fantasy novels The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle. She currently lives in Virginia.
Stiefvater was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She described herself as an "anxious child with many phobias." As a child, she wanted to be a fighter pilot and race-car driver and was a voracious reader who enjoyed writing. By age 16, she was submitting manuscripts to publishers. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on, Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history. By the time she had entered college, she had already written over 30 novels, including four thrillers about the Irish Republican Army, a historical blockade runner novel, and a high-fantasy novel about "impassioned enchanters fighting among civil unrest." At 16, she legally changed her first name from Heidi to Margaret. Her maiden name was Hummel. After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art. In 2010, she gave a TEDx Talk for NASA entitled "How Bad Teens Become Famous People", in which she reflects on her youth as a "Bad Teen" and how those years have impacted her.
Writing career
Stiefvater published her first novel, Lament, in 2008. Before Lament had been released, she sold the rights to Ballad, the sequel to Lament, and to Shiver, the first book in the trilogy The Wolves of Mercy Falls. Shiver spent more than 40 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. 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.
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Statistics
- Works
- 61
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 43,925
- Popularity
- #382
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 644
- Languages
- 25
- Favorited
- 126