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Marie Rutkoski is the author of the YA novel The Shadow Society and the children's fantasy series The Kronos Chronicles, including The Cabinet of Wonders, The Celestial Globe and The Jewel of the Kalderash. Her next project is a YA trilogy that begins with The Winner's Curse, which is scheduled to be published in March 2014.

Marie grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), as the oldest of four children. She holds a BA from the University of Iowa and a PhD from Harvard University. Marie is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children's literature and fiction writing. She usually lives in New York City with her husband and two sons, but she and her family are living in Paris for the 20...more




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Average rating: 3.97 · 3,115 ratings · 701 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors
The Cabinet of Wonders (The...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,626 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions
The Shadow Society
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 662 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
The Celestial Globe (The Kr...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
The Jewel of the Kalderash ...
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Jacks and Queens at the Gre...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
The Winner's Curse
4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — expected publication 2014 — 2 editions
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012
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The Cabinet of Wonders The Celestial Globe The Jewel of the Kalderash
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The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
" Marie Rutkoski has written a taught and compelling novel with incredible tension, action and foreboding. Spades of mystery and intrigue offset the more tender moments made all the sweeter by contrasting scenes of absolute horror and cruelty. I'm i... " Read more of this review »
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
" WOW! This is Marie's best book yet! I can't believe I have to wait two years for the sequel *full review to come at a later date* "
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" I can't wait to review and share the absolute amazeballs that is this book!

Steph and I still sit on FaceTime and gush about a couple of the scenes over and over again.

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"Thanks, Amanda, for your response. It is a tricky situation, with no clear good solution...

I'm so glad that you enjoyed The Cabinet of Wonders. I trie...more
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Marie Rutkoski voted for Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Semifinal Round of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“There can be second chances. But maybe it's also true that things can never be the same, and that you have to decide whether the second chance lives up to the first.”
Marie Rutkoski, The Shadow Society

“When you're a stranger to people you care about, you become a stranger to yourself.”
Marie Rutkoski, The Shadow Society

“Isn't that... isn't that what friends do? They change our perspective on the world. Part of why we care about them is because we love that feeling. The feeling of being changed.”
Marie Rutkoski, The Shadow Society

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