Caroline Stevermer’s Followers (164)

More followers…

Caroline Stevermer

Born

The United States

Website

http://members.authorsguild.net/carolinestev/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

edit data

(from website)
Caroline Stevermer grew up miles from anywhere on a dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota. She has a sister and two brothers. After high school, she attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. degree in the history of art. She knew she wanted to be a writer when she was eight years old. She began by writing stories in her school notebooks. (They were not good. Many were not even finished. She persisted.)

By the time she graduated from college, she knew she would need to earn money in other ways, but she kept on writing. Her first professional sale was published by Ace in 1980. In the years since, she has had a variety of jobs and kept on writing. She likes libraries and museums. Her favorite painter is Ni ...more

47 posts
Caroline Stevermer's Blog

Caroline Stevermer isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but she does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from her feed.

I can't follow a recipe...

Okay, I guess it was lucky that today I had a trial run of the recipe I'm going to make on Saturday.

In my defense, I didn't know Brussels sprouts could do that.

View more on Caroline Stevermer's website »

3 likes · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on February 11, 2015 18:36

View all 47 posts »

Combine Editions
Caroline Stevermer’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 44,515 ratings · 4,048 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	A College of Magics (A College of Magics, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 5,317 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 1,510 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Magic Below Stairs 3.62 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	When The King Comes Home 3.48 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	River Rats by Caroline Stevermer, Frances Collin 3.48 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Scholarly Magics (A College of Magics, #1-2) 3.99 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Serpent's Egg 3.44 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Duke and the Veil 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Alchemist: Death of a Borgia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Glass Magician 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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

More books by Caroline Stevermer…

Series by Caroline Stevermer

A College of Magics (3 books)
by

Caroline Stevermer

3.72 avg rating — 7,315 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Caroline Stevermer

“How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.”
― Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

tags: chess, chocolate-pot, confusion, games, rules

164 likes

“Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are you? Mourning?

He looked startled. "One does not wear mourning for a servant."

You still don't understand, do you? He was not my servant."

He regarded her anger, aghast. "What then? What else could he be?

Her empty hands shook as she held them out to him. Her voice shook as she replied, "Glove to my hand." Slowly she closed her fists. "Everything.”
― Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics

tags: fantasy, grieving, young-adult

22 likes

“You must form your own fashions in a way which demonstrates that you flout the standards from knowledge, not from ignorance. . . But I may flout the standards? . . . Of course. What do you think standards are for?”
― Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics

16 likes

See all Caroline Stevermer's quotes »

Polls

For those who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts, what school/camp is your second choice?

J.K. Rowling

Camp Half-Blood

Rick Riordan

821 votes, 30.4%

Screw school--I'm going to Narnia!

C.S. Lewis

343 votes, 12.7%

St. Vladimir's Academy

Richelle Mead

170 votes, 6.3%

Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women

Ally Carter

168 votes, 6.2%

Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare

116 votes, 4.3%

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

94 votes, 3.5%

Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality

Gail Carriger

69 votes, 2.6%

Foxfire Academy

Shannon Messenger

68 votes, 2.5%

Sunnydale High

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 3 by Eric Powell

Joss Whedon

59 votes, 2.2%

Shadow Falls

C.C. Hunter

44 votes, 1.6%

The House of Night

P.C. Cast

43 votes, 1.6%

The Covenant

Jennifer L. Armentrout

40 votes, 1.5%

Hecate Hall

Rachel Hawkins

39 votes, 1.4%

Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened

Trenton Lee Stewart

36 votes, 1.3%

School of America in Paris (SOAP)

Stephanie Perkins

35 votes, 1.3%

Battle School

Orson Scott Card

34 votes, 1.3%

Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown

31 votes, 1.1%

Mythos Academy

Jennifer Estep

29 votes, 1.1%

Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined

Charlie N. Holmberg

24 votes, 0.9%

Lyle House

Kelley Armstrong

22 votes, 0.8%

Jade Mountain Academy

Tui T. Sutherland

22 votes, 0.8%

Ever After High

Shannon Hale

22 votes, 0.8%

Bloor Academy

Jenny Nimmo

22 votes, 0.8%

Artime

Lisa McMann

20 votes, 0.7%

Roke School of Wizardry

Ursula K. Le Guin

20 votes, 0.7%

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

18 votes, 0.7%

Mount Olympus Academy

Joan Holub

17 votes, 0.6%

Spy School

Stuart Gibbs

17 votes, 0.6%

Ever After School

Shelby Bach

17 votes, 0.6%

The Collegium

Mercedes Lackey

17 votes, 0.6%

Sword & Cross

Lauren Kate

16 votes, 0.6%

Master High School

Lisi Harrison

13 votes, 0.5%

Spence Academy

Libba Bray

12 votes, 0.4%

Fairy Tale Reform School

Jen Calonita

11 votes, 0.4%

Princess School

Jane B. Mason

10 votes, 0.4%

Axis Institute for World Domination

Catherine Jinks

9 votes, 0.3%

Grimm Academy

Joan Holub

9 votes, 0.3%

Miss Cackle's Academy

Jill Murphy

9 votes, 0.3%

Trident Academy

Debbie Dadey

9 votes, 0.3%

Arkwell Academy

Mindee Arnett

9 votes, 0.3%

Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents

Elise Primavera

8 votes, 0.3%

Larwood House

Diana Wynne Jones

8 votes, 0.3%

Avalon High

Meg Cabot

8 votes, 0.3%

Zetes Institute

L.J. Smith

8 votes, 0.3%

Bunson and Lacroix's Boys Polytechnique

Gail Carriger

8 votes, 0.3%

Dunhammond Conservatory

Adi Rule

7 votes, 0.3%

Stranje House

Kathleen Baldwin

7 votes, 0.3%

The Academy

Tera Lynn Childs

6 votes, 0.2%

The Academy of the Airs

Toby Bishop

6 votes, 0.2%

St. Sophia's

Chloe Neill

6 votes, 0.2%

Winterhaven

Kristi Cook

5 votes, 0.2%

Academy for Monsters

Jennifer Finney Boylan

5 votes, 0.2%

Bathory Academy

Nancy A. Collins

5 votes, 0.2%

Greenlaw College

Caroline Stevermer

5 votes, 0.2%

Wizard's Hall

Jane Yolen

5 votes, 0.2%

School of Fear

Gitty Daneshvari

4 votes, 0.1%

Dunwiddle Magic School

Sarah Mlynowski

4 votes, 0.1%

Animalgam Academy

Aimee Carter

4 votes, 0.1%

Nerine Academy

Elissa Sussman

4 votes, 0.1%

Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions

Sheila Grau

3 votes, 0.1%

Academy for Earth Space Command

Dan Krokos

3 votes, 0.1%

Evernight Academy

Claudia Gray

2 votes, 0.1%

Cragbridge Hall

Chad Morris

0 votes, 0.0%

2705 total votes

69 comments

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Wild Things: YA G...: September Winners: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray	209	199	Sep 01, 2009 04:33PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: Which authors are on your "buy on sight" list	46	269	Feb 06, 2011 08:23PM
Young Adult Ficti...: buy books-before or after you read them?	28	93	Apr 07, 2011 08:52AM
SciFi and Fantasy...: Realistic, Down-to-earth Fantasy Recommendations?	29	133	May 03, 2011 03:45PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: How do you sort your bookshelf?	43	400	Mar 02, 2012 11:38PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: You had me until...	65	207	May 07, 2012 06:21AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Caroline to Goodreads.