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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima nearly failed first grade because she was always daydreaming. By junior high, she got in trouble for writing novels in class. Yet the magic of books took her from first grade failure to first generation college graduate to college professor to bestselling author.
Her Heir Chronicles young adult contemporary fantasy series includes The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, The Dragon Heir, The Enchanter Heir and The Sorcerer Heir all from Hyperion.
Chima’s young adult high fantasy Seven Realms series (Hyperion) include The Demon King (2009), The Exiled Queen (2010) The Gray Wolf Throne (2011) and The Crimson Crown 2012.) The Shattered Realms (HarperTeen,) follows a new generation in the world of the Seven Realms, and includes Flamecaster, Shadowcaster, Stormcaster, and Deathcaster.
Her Viking duology, The Runestone Saga, launched in Nov. 2022 with Children of Ragnarok, and concluded with The Bane of Asgard, (2024.) Set in the Midlands after Ragnarok, it marries Norse mythology and witchcraft with swordplay, axeplay, longships, romance, and cut-throat politics.
She is currently writing an adult historical fantasy centered on Appalachian witches.
Chima’s books have received starred reviews in Kirkus and VOYA, among others. They have been named Booksense and Indie Next picks, an International Reading Association Young Adult Choice, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, to the Kirkus Best YA lists, and the VOYA Editors’ Choice, Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, and Perfect Tens lists. They appear on numerous state reading lists and have won the South Carolina and Ohio Teen Book Awards. Translation rights have been sold in numerous countries overseas.
Cinda lives in North Carolina with her husband and dog Loki, who would rather play catch than read.
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