Kristin Cashore

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So, here's the short tale of me: I grew up in the countryside of northeastern Pennsylvania in a village with cows and barns and beautiful views from the top of the hill and all that good stuff. I lived in a rickety old house with my parents, three sisters, and a scattering of cats, and I READ READ READ READ READ. I read while brushing my teeth, I read while chopping parsley, the first thing I reached for when I woke up in the morning was my book; the only two places I didn't read were in the car and in bed. What did I do then? The one thing I liked even more than reading: I daydreamed.

And so, without knowing it, I was...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

So, here's the short tale of me: I grew up in the countryside of northeastern Pennsylvania in a village with cows and barns and beautiful views from the top of the hill and all that good stuff. I lived in a rickety old house with my parents, three sisters, and a scattering of cats, and I READ READ READ READ READ. I read while brushing my teeth, I read while chopping parsley, the first thing I reached for when I woke up in the morning was my book; the only two places I didn't read were in the car and in bed. What did I do then? The one thing I liked even more than reading: I daydreamed.

And so, without knowing it, I was planting the seeds. Reading and daydreaming = perfect preparation for writing.

At 18 I went off to college-- thank you, Williams College, for the financial aid that made this possible-- and it almost killed me. College is hard, man, and the Berkshires are cloudy. A (phenomenal) year studying abroad in sunny Sydney revived me. After college I developed a compulsive moving problem: New York City, Boston, Cambridge, Austin, Pennsylvania, Italy, and even a short stint in London, where my showerhead hung from the cutest little stand that was exactly like the cradle of an old-fashioned telephone. The best phone calls are the pretend phone calls made from your telephone tub.

During my stint in Boston, I got an M.A. at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. (Thank you, Simmons, for the scholarship that made this possible!) Grad school almost killed me, but I felt a lot more alive than when I was almost being killed in college. The Simmons program is stupendous. It got me thinking and breathing YA books. It got me writing.

Am I getting boring?

Since Simmons, I haven't stopped writing, not once. I've developed a compulsive writing problem that makes my moving problem look like a charming personality quirk. I can't stop! But it's okay, because I don't want to stop. I've been writing full-time-- well, more than full-time, really-- for about 4 years now, first doing educational writing for the K-6 market and now working on my novels. It's a dream job, which is another way of saying that when I shop for work clothes, I go straight to the pajamas section.

Should I say a little bit about what I'm like? I'm fiercely independent. I am sometimes a hermit, but never for very long. I am in search of the perfect cat. I'm a recovering Catholic. I meditate, and when I do, Prince Harry appears in my subconscious and meditates with me. It's a little strange but I don't think there's anything I can do about it. Sometimes he's not the only one; the other day it was me, Prince Harry, the Dalai Lama, Mr. Rogers, Coco the gorilla, and George Clooney. We were all floating above the earth looking down at the continents as they passed. George Clooney suggested I visit Providence, Rhode Island. The Dalai Lama sighed deeply and said he'd really like to visit Tibet.

Poor Dalai Lama.

Today I live in a historic section of Jacksonville, Florida, a beautiful, walkable, riverside community with lots of palm trees and long-legged birds. This is very strange for a Yankee and I don't suppose I'm likely to get used to it. My daily activities include walking to the river and counting the pelicans on the broken-down pilings.

There may be another move in the not-too-distant future. I miss Boston.

And that's my story.(less)

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I have a to-do list the length of, um, something long (why did I set myself up to have to take time to think up a clever metaphor?) so this will be quick, but -- I'm reading a very funny book. It's called Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School: Book the First) and is by Gail Carriger. A new character was just described thusly:

The door burst open. A young man stood before them. He was a ta...

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Average rating: 4.11 · 206,012 ratings · 21,169 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 121,821 ratings — published 2008 — 59 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 58,347 ratings — published 2009 — 44 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3) by Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 25,667 ratings — published 2012 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kristin Cashore eSampler 4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time of Change: Women in the Early Twentieth Century 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Graceling Realm (3 books)
by Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator)
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Quotes by Kristin Cashore

“I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said.
"It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

tags: humor

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“When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

tags: katsa, monster

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“How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

tags: katsa, power, strong, unfair, weak

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Polls

Which book would you like to see as the selection for our Winter 2010-2011 Group Reads category Modern YA?

The Giver by Lois Lowry

36 votes, 27.5%

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

32 votes, 24.4%

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

16 votes, 12.2%

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

13 votes, 9.9%

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

9 votes, 6.9%

Shadowland by Meg Cabot

9 votes, 6.9%

13 to Life by Shannon Delany

6 votes, 4.6%

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

6 votes, 4.6%

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

4 votes, 3.1%

Zazoo by Richard Mosher

0 votes, 0.0%

131 total votes

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