Natalia Jaster

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Natalia Jaster
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Education California State University, Northridge (MA)
Period2014–present
Genre Fantasy Romance
Spouse
Roman Jaster
(m. 2001)
Website
nataliajaster.com

Natalia Jaster is an American author of adult fantasy romance. [1] Her debut novel, Touch, is a re-imagination of the story of Eros featuring the female goddess Love who is forced to pair up a mortal man with whom she has fallen in love. [2] Her second novel, Trick, was published in 2015 and re-released in 2022 [3] after going through some rewrites. It is the story of the court jester Poet and the princess Briar. [4] Trick is now book one in the "Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms" series with the third installment, Burn, coming out in the fall of 2023. Book two, Ruin, was published in 2022.

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In 2020, Jaster published Kiss the Fae, the first book of the Vicious Faeries series in the Dark Fables universe. Inspired by the movie Labyrinth, the story is about a girl who must survive a fae's labyrinth in order to save her sisters. [5]

Natalia Jaster received a master's degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Northridge in 2008. [6]

She has also been published in the Northridge Review, [7] Sucker Literary Magazine, [8] YARN, [9] and Mammut Magazine. [10]

Works

Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms Series (Series in Progress)

Dark Fables: Vicious Faeries Series

Selfish Myths Series

Foolish Kingdoms Series (Out of Print)

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  12. Jaster, Natalia (28 March 2023). Ruin (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms) : Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824048: Amazon.com: Books. Natalia Jaster. ISBN   978-1957824048.
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  22. Jaster, Natalia (2017). Dare (Foolish Kingdoms) (Volume 2): Jaster, Natalia: 9781548073213: Amazon.com: Books. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1548073213.
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