Kendare Blake | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ithaca College Middlesex University (MFA) |
Genre | Young adult literature |
Years active | 2011-now |
Notable works | Three Dark Crowns |
Website | |
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Kendare Blake is a contemporary author of young adult novels. Her works include Anna Dressed in Blood, Antigoddess (2013) and Three Dark Crowns.
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Kendare Blake was raised in Cambridge, Minnesota by adoptive parents. [1]
She is an alumna of both Ithaca College (in New York) [2] and Middlesex University in London. It was at the latter where she received her Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing. [3]
Her books stretch over a variety of genres, including horror, fantasy and contemporary fiction. Several of her works have been listed on the New York Times Best Sellers List. [4] [5]
Her Anna Dressed in Blood duology and Goddess War trilogy were originally published in English by Tor Teen, while the Three Dark Crowns series was published by HarperTeen.
In November 2019 Blake announced via an Instagram post that HarperTeen would also be publishing her next three books. This was confirmed by a small piece in Publishers Weekly online on November 11. [6] A stand-alone horror novel titled All These Bodies was released in 2021.
In April 2021, Publishers Weekly announced Disney-Hyperion had obtained the rights to a new trilogy series by Blake, to be entitled In Every Generation. This series will is set in the same universe as the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The Anna Duology is a two book series comprising the books Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares. The books follow Cas Lowood, a teenage ghost hunter whose father was killed by ghosts. Cas and his mother travel the world searching for spirits needing to be sent to the afterlife, and his latest assignment is Anna Dressed in Blood, a ghost with a reputation for ripping apart young men who venture into her home. Despite his life-long commitment to destroying spirits like Anna, Cas feels compelled to learn more about the real girl behind the spirit, and while working to solve her murder develops feelings for the ghost. In the first book, Anna eventually sacrifices herself to save Cas' life, while the second book focuses on Cas' journey to get her back and allow her to find a peaceful afterlife.
Goddess War is a series comprising three main books and two novellas. The first book, Antigoddess, focuses on the Greek goddess Athena and several other ancient immortals, all of whom are slowly dying in a variety of ways. A few of the old Gods have gone mad in their death throes and are hunting other former immortals in order to absorb some of their life force and prolong their existence. Looking for help, Athena and Hermes seek out a mortal girl named Cassandra who was once a powerful oracle, hoping to unlock her past memories that could help them. Book 2, Mortal Gods, Athena and Cassandra have formed an alliance and hope to battle Ares and his army of other dying Gods, which includes Aphrodite who killed the love of Cassandra's life. The two also seek out Achilles who they believe may be the key to winning the war. They are beaten back, however, and in the final book, Ungodly, Athena is stuck in the underworld while her allies try to find a way to heal the three Fates, who they discover are the source of the God's illnesses.
The two novellas in the series are both prequels with The Dogs of Athens focusing on Artemis as she searches for other immortals along with her pack of hungry dogs and When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami focusing on a young man who mistakenly believes Athena to be a vampire and his attempts to get her to "turn" him.
The planned trilogy is a sequel series to the Joss Whedon television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Book 1 in the series, In Every Generation, focuses on Frankie Rosenberg, daughter of Willow Rosenberg who is both a witch and a vampire slayer. Book 2, One Girl in All the World, introduces a new "big bad" known as "The Darkness." The trilogy concludes with Against the Darkness. [7]
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Year | Contribution | Anthology | Editor | ISBN |
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2015 | "On the I-5" | Slasher Girls & Monster Boys (2015) | ed. April Genevieve Tucholke | ISBN 9780803741737 |
"Burning Effigies" | Violent Ends (2015) | ISBN 9781481437455 | ||
2016 | "Heart" | The Truth Is out There (2016) | ed. Jonathan Maberry | ISBN 9781631405266 |
2019 | "She Rode a Horse of Fire" | His Hideous Heart (2019) | ed. Dahlia Adler | ISBN 9781250302779 |
Year | Contribution | Magazine | Editor | ISBN |
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2009 | "The Oak Prison" | Expanded Horizons, Issue 13 | ed. Dash | |
2010 | "Twilight, Choking on Owl Feathers" | Mirror Dance, Summer 2010 | ed. Megan Arkenberg |
In 2016, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer purchased the rights to turn Anna Dressed in Blood into a feature film through her production company Fickle Fish Films. [8] In May of that same year, it was announced that Maddie Hasson and Cameron Monaghan had been cast in the roles of Anna and Cass Lowood, respectively. [9] At that time, Trish Sie was named as the director, though later she was replaced by Amanda Row. [10]
In February 2017, Variety announced the Fox Corporation had plans to turn the Three Dark Crowns series into a feature film through the 21 Laps Entertainment production company, which has also produced the Netflix series Stranger Things and the film Arrival . Shawn Levy and Dan Levine were announced as producers. [11]
In April 2019 it was also announced that Blake's short story "On the I-5", which was featured in the Slasher Girls & Monster Boys anthology. had been optioned for adaptation by Warner Bros. As with Three Dark Crowns, production is being handled by 21 Laps Entertainment, and Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will also produce. The story has been called "a female-empowered subversion of the serial-killer genre." [12]
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