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About this author

Rachel Hartman lives and writes in Vancouver, BC.

Her first YA fantasy novel, Seraphina, was published by Random House on July 10th, 2012. Here are some things that are already being said about Seraphina by some fabulous authors:

“A book worth hoarding, as glittering and silver-bright as dragon scales, with a heroine who insists on carving herself a place in your mind.” — Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of the Temeraire series.

“Seraphina is strong, complex, talented — she makes mistakes and struggles to trust, with good reason, and she fights to survive in a world that would tear her apart. I love this book!” — Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author.

“Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about dragons, it...more


I’m early for one and late for the other, but let’s just pretend it’s Presidents’ Day and celebrate both together! Here’s the cover for the Brazilian edition of Seraphina, which came out in April:


Capa Seraphina


Hurray! I hope Brazilian readers are enjoying the book!


And then, coming out at the end of May, we’ve got the Indonesian Seraphina!


Indonesian cover


My Indonesian translator informs me that this is original art by Ma...

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Average rating: 4.09 · 14,421 ratings · 3,142 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 13,365 ratings — published 2011 — 23 editions
The Audition (Seraphina, #0.5)
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“Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more easily.”
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message 63: by Skyla

Skyla I see you book is a finalist for the Governor General Awards (according to Chapters anyways) congrats. I am crossing my fingers you win <3


message 62: by Angela

Angela I just finished reading Seraphina this morning and I just had to let you know how much I loved it! I'll admit I was worried about reading it due to all the gushing reviews from fellow GR friends which is why I delayed in starting it but now I realise my mistake.
I eagerly await the sequel.


message 61: by Lyn (The Heartless) (last edited Aug 11, 2012 05:11pm)

Lyn (The Heartless) Thank you for the friend request! You can give The Holy Terror her commission check (she forced encouraged me to read this book right away).
My review does not do any justice to the beauty of the book. I cries quite a bit over this.
Please keep writing. If this is the caliber of your writing, then I want 100 more books from you!


Tatiyana White Hi Rachel! Thanks for the add acceptance :) I look forward to talking books with you often! -T.

P.S. Just finished Seraphina a few hours ago and I'm absolutely enthralled with your writing! Anxiously awaiting the second installment!


Lady Eilonwy I can only imagine! Having worked on the publisher side, I can understand those crazy deadlines and constant revisions! I didn't realize that Seraphina was already out in stores (view spoiler)[and that I need to get a copy when I get my paycheck (hide spoiler)].

No time to read at all? That's the greatest tragedy of all!

I hope you can still stop by every now and then to say 'ullo!


message 58: by Jim

Jim Hey, Rachel! I love your dream with Catie, and me serving cookies! You are both invited to come up and visit anytime, assuming that either of you ever has the time.:)

But no shoveling the driveway, okay? It would take the three of us a couple days to do that job.

Congrats on your success! It couldn't happen to a more deserving author or person. Let's all have a cookie! Or two.:)


Lady Eilonwy Hey, Rachel! How's it to be a big, real, author lady? I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever. Hope you're doing well!


The Holy Terror : )

So, I'm your 200th friend and your book was my 200th review.

Kismet.


message 55: by Lissa

Lissa Depends where you live. People seem to know everyone in their own state.


message 54: by Lissa

Lissa So today we saw Seraphina in the bookstore and the Australian cover is SO GORGEOUS!

Of course we bought a copy right away.

Congrats!


message 53: by Thor

Thor I didn't know Seraphina was a true story?

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IT'S A DRAGON IN DISGUISE!


message 52: by Skyla

Skyla No worries =)


message 51: by Skyla

Skyla Just wanted to say congrats on being a featured author on Chapters.indigo.ca's teen book website =)

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/t...


message 50: by Thor

Thor It is indeed that guy lol


message 49: by Thor

Thor Yuppers. When a guy goes crazy saying his small publishing company is not a small press then bitches out bloggers saying he sells more than Tolkien, Hobb and Goodkind when he actually... doesn't... He, and his pseudonyms, goes on my Llama list.


message 48: by Jim

Jim Rachel wrote: "I noticed you liking some House of the Scorpion reviews, and I was all, "Hey, why didn't he like mine?" Oh, because I didn't write one! It's been a long time since I read that book, but I think you'd love it. It basically asks the question "Is evil hereditary?" I loooooved it so much. "

Well of course I would have liked your review if you had written one!! I was just moving down the line of friends' reviews - I think after seeing a comment about the book by Catie.

Thanks for writing a personal review and rec just for me! I already have the sample and your praise gets me even more interested in it. It sounds great!

Getting more and more excited about your book, Rachel!!


message 47: by karen

karen that is a good motto. mine is, "if it doesn't move, it's food."

this is a bad motto. i should think it through before i make it official.. i was too enthusiastic. oh, dear - that stapler isn't moving....


message 46: by karen

karen ooh, it is this thai restaurant near my house..... soo good. i do a weekly "adventures in food and fun" thingie on here in my writing section. you can see the actual food there and continue to be jealous. i love food. and fun.


Ceridwen I tend not to list my current-reading, for fear I might wander off and then get yelled at. Plus, I downloaded it yesterday, and read it in a huge tear. Excellent!


Ceridwen Shit, Rachel, I fucking loved your book. I'm sorry I'm swearing so much on your profile. Needed to be said.


message 43: by Elena

Elena Of course we're friends! Any friend of Ista's is a friend of mine. ;)

I'm looking forward to reading Seraphina too--it was already on my TBR list!


message 42: by Thor

Thor YOU LIE!!!! BRING ME MORE PHINA!


message 41: by Thor

Thor Ms. Hartman... If you're reading this... stop and write... I DEMAND MORE PHINA!

Love you lots!


message 40: by Vinaya

Vinaya Did the blog load? Maybe you are too magical for the unicorn! :O


message 39: by Thor

Thor Go... Write... I shall read.


message 38: by Thor

Thor Oh... OK... My bad... I'm sorry.

Please don't go batcrap though. You're too cool for that.


message 37: by Thor

Thor I'm reading your book bwahahaha


Alkyoni ~ Kingfisher of books Ahahaha, thank you. When I came across it on the internet I thought "Now that's afacepalm that will prove useful."


message 35: by Skyla

Skyla I so thought we were friends already, I see you everywhere on here so I just assumed =)

Thanks for the invite =)


Cassi aka Snow White Haggard It was worth the late night! Glad you're raising him right--to bleed blue!


Cassi aka Snow White Haggard WOOOHOOOOO!!!! Number 8 is officially hanging in Rupp. Need to find a way to see it ASAP. Sounds like thousands of people celebrated today. I wanted to go to Rupp but the tickets sold out too quickly.


Cassi aka Snow White Haggard Thanks! Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat. Bleeding blue knows no bounds (international lines or otherwise). I'm so excited it's hard to actually focus on anything this evening.


message 31: by Bry

Bry Thanks for accepting my friend request. I just finished Seraphina and I absolutely adored it. It is now one of my favorite books, and I cannot wait to reread it and others!

Thank you for a beautiful and thrilling escape into Phina's world!


Michelle Thank you so much for the friend request. (I am so much in awe of you after reading Seraphina that I would have just followed you in perpetuity rather than friending you!)


message 29: by M.T.

M.T. Acquaire Hi Rachel! Thank you for accepting our friend request :)


Stephanie Hi Rachel! I picked up Seraphina this weekend at ALA midwinter and I can't tell you how excited I am to read it!


Wendy Darling Hey Rachel, thanks for the friendvite! I'm glad to be in touch on a more regular basis. And if you start throwing your weight around when your book comes out, I'm sewing that shadow right back onto you with the biggest needle I can find.


Veronica Morfi Thanks for accepting my friend request. I loved your book and can't wait for the next one, even if this one is not out yet! Heraklion is not my hometown, but I've been living here for five years now and I love it, even though I hate seafood, can't really eat anything from the sea...:P


message 25: by Lisa

Lisa Thanks for accepting my friend request. I've enjoyed your reviews for a while and I'm looking forward to reading Seraphina when I can get my hands on it. :)


message 24: by Angela

Angela thanks for accepting friend request.


message 23: by Lissa

Lissa Thanks for the friend request. I'm so flattered. I've seen people getting really excited for Seraphina and sometimes I get intimidated about approaching GR friends because I'm actually rather shy.

I must admit I've never read any Terry Pratchett. I don't necessarily have anything against him, there's just always other books I want to read first >.< I'll keep Tiffany Aching in mind, though. I'm always on the hunt for strong heroines.


message 22: by Vinaya

Vinaya COVERRRR! You has a COVER! And it's AWESOME! Yayyy. Also, where's my copy, huh? Where?


message 21: by Beth

Beth Thanks for the add. And can't wait for Seraphina. :)


Elizabeth May WHOA. I just realized you got an author blurb from Tamora Pierce. ENVY!


message 19: by Catie

Catie Thanks so much for the request, Rachel. I'm glad that you decided to come back to goodreads. I enjoyed reading your book so much; I think that Stephanie and I will be eagerly awaiting the sequel! Best of luck on your debut!


Lady Eilonwy Rachel wrote: "Moorchild wrote: "Rachel! Are you doing Nanowrimo this year?"

Y'know what, you twisted my arm (that was hard, wasn't it?). I'm already 30K words into it, but I think I can use this to track my con..."


Yay! I'll add you to my buddies when they get the system running. I'm also sort of cheating, since I've done a teensy bit of writing and a lot of outlining before I start officially.

(My 18+ charisma is irresistible. I knew you'd eventually succumb to my Nano-y pressures.)


message 17: by Rachel

Rachel Hartman Moorchild wrote: "Rachel! Are you doing Nanowrimo this year?"

Y'know what, you twisted my arm (that was hard, wasn't it?). I'm already 30K words into it, but I think I can use this to track my continued progress and give myself a kick in the pants, which I seem to need. My handle is amyunbounded.


Lady Eilonwy Rachel! Are you doing Nanowrimo this year?


message 15: by Rachel

Rachel Hartman Kat wrote: "Saw your book on Netgalley! Good luck, Rachel! If anyone deserves to be published, successfully and kicking the literature world's ass - it's you!"

Aw, thanks! I shall endeavour to kick the world's ass to the best of my ability. Er, the literature world's ass, that is. Maybe both, if I have time.


Kat Kennedy Saw your book on Netgalley! Good luck, Rachel! If anyone deserves to be published, successfully and kicking the literature world's ass - it's you!


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