A bit about the author

Here is a little bit of information about Cassandra Clare from her form her blog

“Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood traveling the world with her family…. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old. Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books … She spent her high school years in Los Angeles and After college,she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe (2010, http://www.cassandraclare.com/cms/bio)”

“She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006….(2010, http://www.cassandraclare.com/cms/bio)”