Stiefvater has been very open about sharing her techniques and methods when writing.

In 2011, Stiefvater published The Scorpio Races, which received 5 starred reviews and was named a Michael L. 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. Shiver spent more than 40 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. 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. Stiefvater published her first novel, Lament, in 2008. 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. After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art. 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 to Margaret. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on, Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. By age 16, she was submitting manuscripts to publishers. Life and career Early life Īs a child, Stiefvater was a voracious reader who enjoyed writing. Margaret Stiefvater ( / ˈ s t iː v ɑː t ər/ STEE-vah-tər née Hummel) 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.

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