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I wrote my first story in first grade. The narrator was an ice-cream cone in the process of being eaten. In fourth grade, I wrote my first book, about a girl who gets shipwrecked on a desert island with her faithful and heroic dog (a rip-off of both The Black Stallion and all the Lassie movies, very impressive).

After selling my first story (Temple of Stone) while in high school, I gave in to my mother’s importuning to be practical and majored in biology at Brooklyn College. I then went to Columbia Law School and practiced law for almost two years at a large law firm in New York City. I kept writing and submitting in my spare time, and finally, a mere 15 years after my first short story acceptance, I sold my first novel to Greenwillow Books ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 23,320 ratings · 3,566 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death Sworn (Death Sworn, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 7,242 ratings — published 2014 — 17 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
	Mistwood (Mistwood, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 6,643 ratings — published 2009 — 19 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
	Death Marked (Death Sworn, #2) 3.21 avg rating — 2,134 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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
	Nightspell (Mistwood, #2) 3.26 avg rating — 1,643 ratings — published 2011 — 16 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
	Thornwood (Sisters Ever After #1) 3.78 avg rating — 830 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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
	Glass Slippers (Sisters Ever After #2) 4.05 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 2022 — 5 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 Piper's Promise (Sisters Ever After #3) 3.88 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2023 — 5 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 Last Rose (Sisters Ever After #4) 3.73 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Braided (Sisters Ever After #5) 4.11 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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
	Changelings & Other Stories 3.65 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Death Sworn (2 books)
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Mistwood (3 books)
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Sisters Ever After (6 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,865 ratings

Miriam's Magical Creature Files (3 books)
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“I don't want you to be the shifter." Rokan's voice was quiet, and her human sense of smell told her nothing about how he felt. "I haven't wanted that for a long time. Since before I knew it was possible for you to not be the shifter." A pause then - so quietly that even she could barely hear him, "Since before I knew I loved you.”
― Leah Cypess, Mistwood

tags: rokan, shifter

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“Not all dangers are obvious.”
― Leah Cypess, Mistwood

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“How to throw assassins off balance: cry in front of them.”
― Leah Cypess, Death Sworn

tags: assassins

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Which March New Release would you like to read in May?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In March 2014" list.

Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs

Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
(Mercy Thompson, #8)

3 votes, 30.0%

Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
(The Others, #2)

2 votes, 20.0%

Bite Me (Pride, #9) by Shelly Laurenston

Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston
(Pride, #9)

2 votes, 20.0%

Death Sworn (Death Sworn, #1) by Leah Cypess

Death Sworn by Leah Cypess
(Death Sworn #1)

2 votes, 20.0%

Half Bad by Sally Green
(Half Life, #1)

1 vote, 10.0%

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1) by Marie Rutkoski

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
(The Winner's Trilogy, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Half-Off Ragnarok (InCryptid, #3) by Seanan McGuire

Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
(InCryptid, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Ruins (Partials Sequence, #3) by Dan Wells

Ruins by Dan Wells
(Partials Sequence, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Cole's Redemption (Alpha Pack, #5) by J.D. Tyler

Cole's Redemption by J.D. Tyler
(Alpha Pack #5)

0 votes, 0.0%

Let the Storm Break (Let the Sky Fall, #2) by Shannon Messenger

Let the Storm Break by Shannon Messenger
(Sky Fall #2)

0 votes, 0.0%

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Leah’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.”
― Yeats, William Butler

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“Hope is never something that comes easily. It's always something you've got to fight for, to work on... To search for something good. To stay optimistic. To win.”
― Eli Sharabi

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message 11: by L

Oct 09, 2013 12:04AM

Thanks for acepting the friendship request x

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message 10: by Graeme

Apr 26, 2012 04:36AM

Hi Leah, Thanks for your friendship.

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message 9: by Leah

Sep 22, 2011 06:50PM

Toni wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request... I loved Mistwood and Nightspell!!"

Thank you! And I'm very happy to hear it. :)

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message 8: by Toni

Sep 22, 2011 06:03PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request... I loved Mistwood and Nightspell!!

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message 7: by Leah

Aug 19, 2011 11:14AM

Jen wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request :) I've heard such amazing things about Mistwood and Nightspell and I'm really looking forward to reading them."

Thank you! I hope you enjoy them. :)

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message 6: by Jen

Aug 19, 2011 10:22AM

Thanks for accepting my friend request :) I've heard such amazing things about Mistwood and Nightspell and I'm really looking forward to reading them.

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message 5: by Leah

May 28, 2011 06:43PM

Shiloh wrote: "I put in for the Nightspell giveaway . . . again. Second time's the charm, right? ;)"

We can hope! And this one's for a finished copy (not an ARC), so it's even better. :) Good luck!

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message 4: by Leah

Mar 24, 2011 07:29PM

Thank you, Haylee! I'm always happy to befriend a fan. :)
Best,
Leah

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message 3: by Leah

Sep 12, 2010 03:15PM

Good luck! ;) I believe it ends tomorrow... goodreads will notify me who the winner is.

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message 2: by Leah

Apr 29, 2009 01:16PM

Hi Charles,
I like YA and adult fantasy -- Megan Whalen Turner, Diana Wynne Jones, Dave Duncan, Juliet Marillier...
Am having some problems with goodreads at the moment (related to them sending out mass invitations on my behalf!) so may not be on for a little while.
Leah

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message 1: by Charles

Apr 29, 2009 01:08PM