Melissa Marr

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Melissa Marr
Melissa Marr by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Marr at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born (1972-07-25) July 25, 1972 (age 53) [1]
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genre Young adult/Urban fantasy
Notable works Wicked Lovely
Children3 [2]
Website
melissa-marr.com

Melissa Marr (born July 25, 1972) is an American author of young adult/urban fantasy novels.

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Biography

Marr, a former university English teacher, currently resides in Arizona. [3] [4] Her first novel was published in 2007, the New York Times bestseller Wicked Lovely . Along with four more books in that series, which were also New York Times bestsellers, she has also written an adult novel, Graveminder , which won the 2011 Goodreads Readers Choice Award for "Best Horror" and was a "Top Pick Fantasy" with VOYA. She has written other young adult, adult, and children's fiction. She is also a frequent contributor of short fiction to anthologies and has edited one anthology with Kelley Armstrong, with whom she also wrote the series Loki's Wolves, published under the name M.A. Marr. [5]

Bibliography

Young adult novels

Wicked Lovely series

Other young adult novels

Middle grade novels

Adult novels

Wicked Lovely Adult series

  • Cold Iron Heart (2020)

Faery Bargains Adult series

  • The Wicked & The Dead (2020)

Picture books

Faery Bargains Adult series

Picture books

Graphic novels

Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales series

  • Volume 1: Sanctuary (2009)
  • Volume 2: Challenge (2010)
  • Volume 3: Resolve (2011)

Short fiction

Collections

  • Faery Tales and Nightmares (2011)
  • Tales of Folk and Fey (2019)

Anthologies edited

Anthologies contributed to

  • Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions
  • Teeth: Vampire Tales
  • Love Is Hell
  • Naked City
  • Home Improvement: Undead Edition
  • Unbound

Nonfiction anthologies contributed to

  • Life Inside My Mind
  • Things We Haven't Said

Awards and honors

Wicked Lovely

References

  1. ↑ "Title, short story, & stuff". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. The shoot was today, & tomorrow is my birthday so my son was pretty adamant that a trip to NY was OUT
  2. ↑ "Melissa Marr is on a Wicked, Lovely Roll". Publishers Weekly. August 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Melissa Marr - Biographies". Epic Reads. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". Official Website of Melissa Marr. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gearing Up for Spring Picks From Children's Booksellers". Publishers Weekly. February 25, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2008 Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , page 7
  7. ↑ Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens
  8. ↑ 2008 IRA Book Awards and Notable Books Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine