Biography

Cassandra Clare was born in America with her parents.  She spends a lot of her child hood traveling the world with her family.  She once lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was 10 years old.
Her family moved around so much that  she she found so many books every where that she always carried books with her.  Her favourite books were from the Bronte sisters, Chronicles of Narnia and Tolkien.

She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her class mates.  One of her stories were called " The Beautiful Cassandra" based on a Jane Austen short story.  Cassandra Clare's pen name was Jane Austen.

After collage Cassandra lived in Los Angeles and new york.  She started working on "City of bones" in 2004, she was inspired by her favourite city, Manhattan.  She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes that she won't have to write about Paris Hilton anymore.

Cassandra Clare hates working at home because she will get distracted by the TV.  She prefers to write at a local coffee shop or restaurants.  she likes to write with her friend, Holly Black.  City of bones is Cassandra's first novel.

Cassandra Clare's first professional writing sale was a short story called "The girls guide to defeating the dark lord" in anthology of humor fantasy.

Cassandra Clare is a very private person and you probably won't find much information, but if you do then your lucky.