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Leigh Bardugo

(b.1975)

Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, raised in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University. She lives in Hollywood and indulges her fondness for glamour, ghouls, and costuming in her other life as makeup artist L.B. Benson.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Series

Shadow and Bone Trilogy
   0.1. The Demon in the Wood (2015)
   0.5. The Witch of Duva (2012)
   1. Shadow & Bone (2012)
     aka The Gathering Dark
   2. Siege and Storm (2012)
   2.5. The Too-Clever Fox (2013)
   2.6. Little Knife (2014)
   3. Ruin and Rising (2014)

Six of Crows
1. Six of Crows (2015)
2. Crooked Kingdom (2016)

King of Scars
1. King of Scars (2019)
2. Rule of Wolves (2021)

Alex Stern
1. Ninth House (2019)

Collections

   The Fierce Reads Anthology (2012) (with Anna Banks, Jennifer Bosworth, Emmy Laybourne and Marissa Meyer)
   Modified: Cyborgs, Mutants, and Dystopia (2012) (with Ann Aguirre, Gennifer Albin, Katherine Applegate, Michael Grant, Lish McBride, Marissa Meyer and Gabrielle Zevin)
   Kisses and Curses (2015) (with Ann Aguirre, Gennifer Albin, Anna Banks, Jessica Brody, Lauren Burniac, Katie Finn, Nikki Kelly, Emmy Laybourne, Lish McBride, Jennifer Mathieu, Marissa Meyer, Caragh O'Brien and Marie R)
   The Language of Thorns (2017)
   The Lives of Saints (2020)

Series contributed to

Some of the Best from Tor.com (with Dale Bailey, Beth Bernobich, Jedediah Berry, Ben Burgis, John Chu, Tina Connolly, Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, Genevieve Valentine and Carrie Vaughn)
Some of the Best From Tor.com: 2013 Edition (2013)

DC Icons
1. Wonder Woman: Warbringer (2017)
The DC Icons Series Boxed Set (omnibus) (2018) (with Marie Lu and Sarah J Maas)

Non fiction

The Severed Moon (2019)

Leigh Bardugo recommends

Heroine Complex (2016)
(Heroine Complex, book 1)
Sarah Kuhn
"Sarah Kuhn’s Heroine Complex is a delight."

Strange the Dreamer (2016)
(Strange the Dreamer, book 1)
Laini Taylor
"Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other."

Vassa in the Night (2016)
Sarah Porter
"A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale cracking with cracking with wit and magical mayhem."

Shadowhouse Fall (2017)
(Shadowshaper, book 2)
Daniel José Older
"Not only a thrilling hero's journey, but a magical revolution on the page."

Warcross (2017)
(Warcross, book 1)
Marie Lu
"A vibrant, action-packed shot of adrenaline. Lu delivers characters with heart and determination, then sets them loose in a luminously conceived world of infinite possibility."

The Cruel Prince (2018)
(Folk of the Air, book 1)
Holly Black
"Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book. Black's world is intoxicating, imbued with a relentless sense of peril that kept me riveted through every chapter of Jude's journey. And Jude! She is a heroine to love--brave but pragmatic, utterly human. This delicious story will seduce you and leave you desperate for just one more page."

Tempests and Slaughter (2018)
(Numair Chronicles, book 1)
Tamora Pierce
"Tamora Pierce didn't just blaze a trail. Her heroines cut a swath through the fantasy world with wit, strength, and savvy. Her stories still lead the vanguard today. Pierce is the real lioness, and we're all just running to keep pace."

Deathcaster (2019)
(Shattered Realms , book 4)
Cinda Williams Chima
"Cinda Williams Chima's worlds bristle with magic, romance, and intrigue."

Goliath (2022)
Tochi Onyebuchi
"Onyebuchi sets fire to the boundary between fiction and reality...Riveting, disturbing and rendered in masterful detail."

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