A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable-until her mother vanishes. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. If she fails, she will be executed.unless the trials kill her first. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. The first book in her debut adult series, the Middlemist Trilogy, will release in spring 2023.Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. When not writing, Claire enjoys tending to her many plants, learning about fashion and interior design, and quoting Star Trek to anyone who will listen. The final book in the series, Lightbringer, released October 13, 2020.Ī Crown of Ivy and Glass-the first book in her debut adult series, the Middlemist Trilogy-will release in spring 2023. The next book in the series, Kingsbane, was also an instant New York Times bestseller. Her second young adult horror novel, Extasia, was a Spring 2022 Kids’ Indie Next List pick.įuryborn, an epic fantasy novel for young adults, debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the first book in the Empirium Trilogy. It was also a 2018 Bram Stoker Award finalist and a 2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist.

Her first young adult horror novel, Sawkill Girls, received five starred reviews.

She is one of the four authors behind The Cabinet of Curiosities, an anthology of dark middle grade short fiction that was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Book, and among the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2014. Claire’s latest middle grade novel, Thornlight, is a classic fantasy-adventure and a companion novel to the acclaimed Foxheart, a 2016 Junior Library Guild selection.

Some Kind of Happiness, her middle grade novel about mental illness, family secrets, and the power of storytelling, is a 2017 Edgar Award Nominee. She is also the author of The Year of Shadows, a ghost story for middle grade readers and Winterspell, a young adult re-telling of The Nutcracker. Her first novel is The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, one of the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. Now she is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven published novels, with more on the way.

Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head.

Furyborn by Claire Legrand