Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead - September 2009
Born November 12, 1976 (1976-11-12) (age 35)
Michigan, United States
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Period 2007–
Genres Fantasy, Young adult fiction
Children 1 son (26 august 2011)[1]
www.richellemead.com

Richelle Mead (born November 12, 1976) is a bestselling[2][3] American fantasy author. She is known for the Georgina Kincaid series, Vampire Academy, and the Dark Swan series. All are available internationally, including countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.[4]

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Education and career

Richelle Mead was born in Michigan[5] and currently lives in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington, USA.[6] She has three degrees: a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan, a Master of Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University, and a Master of Teaching from the University of Washington.[5] Her teaching degree led her to become an 8th grade teacher in suburban Seattle, where she taught social studies and English. She continued writing in her free time, until she sold her first novel, Succubus Blues. After quitting her job to write full time, her other books quickly followed.[7]

Mead actively writes books in three different series. The schedule for this is so demanding that she has to turn out a draft for a new book every three months. This is an extremely fast turnaround compared to the year that most authors take to write a book.[7].

Richelle married in 2010 and gave birth to her first son in 2011.

Bibliography

Novels

Georgina Kincaid series

  1. Succubus Blues (27 February 2007)
  2. Succubus on Top (18 December 2007) (UK title: Succubus Nights)
  3. Succubus Dreams (30 September 2008)
  4. Succubus Heat (26 May 2009)
  5. Succubus Shadows (30 March 2010)
  6. Succubus Revealed (30 August 2011)

Dark Swan series

  1. Storm Born (5 August 2008)
  2. Thorn Queen (28 July 2009)
  3. Iron Crowned (22 February 2011)
  4. Shadow Heir (27 December 2011)[8]

Young adult novels

Vampire Academy series

Main article: Vampire Academy
  1. Vampire Academy (16 August 2007)
  2. Frostbite (10 April 2008)
  3. Shadow Kiss (13 November 2008)
  4. Blood Promise (25 August 2009)
  5. Spirit Bound (18 May 2010)
  6. Last Sacrifice [9] (7 December 2010)

Bloodlines series

Mead is writing a six-book spin-off series featuring characters in the Vampire Academy series: Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian. "Spin off series takes place in the same universe as Vampire Academy. Same rules, same races. What happens here is that the side characters from Vampire Academy are now the main characters. And so the series will be following Sydney, Jill, Adrian, and Eddie".[10] Mead has confirmed that Bloodlines will be the name of both the series and the first book.

  1. Bloodlines (23 August 2011, ISBN 1595143173)
  2. The Golden Lily (19 June 2012, ISBN 1595143181)[11]

Anthologies

Awards and recognitions

References

  1. ^ "Félicitations Richelle". 30th of August. http://vampireacademy-france.blogspot.com/2011/08/felicitations-richelle.html. "Richelle Mead a donné naissance à son petit garçon vendredi dernier" 
  2. ^ "Best Sellers : Children's Books". New York Times. 2008-04-27. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E6DB133AF934A15757C0A96E9C8B63. 
  3. ^ "Best Sellers : Children's Books". New York Times. 2009-01-09. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html?_r=1. 
  4. ^ "International Copies of Richelle's Books". richellemead.com. http://richellemead.com/books/international.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 
  5. ^ a b "About Richelle". richellemead.com. http://www.richellemead.com/bio/bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  6. ^ Mary Ann Gwinn (August 31, 2009). Kirkland author Richelle Mead gets a taste of success with Vampire Academy novels. Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009766265_litlife31.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  7. ^ a b "Vampire buzz takes bite in Kirkland". Kirkland Reporter. 2009-12-21. http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/kir/lifestyle/79852562.html. 
  8. ^ "Richelle Mead's blog". 2011-12-04. http://blue-succubus.livejournal.com/280925.html. 
  9. ^ http://www.richellemead.com/books/vampireacademy.htm
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8709523-the-golden-lily
  12. ^ http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2007
  13. ^ http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2008
  14. ^ http://www.paranormalromance.org/pearl/finalists.php
  15. ^ http://www.cbcbooks.org/news/14
  16. ^ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/08qp.cfm
  17. ^ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/09qp.cfm
  18. ^ http://www2.teenreadawards.ca/the-nominees/best-teen-series
  19. ^ http://www2.teenreadawards.ca/the-nominees/best-hottie
  20. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41639-Goodreads-Author
  21. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41617-Favorite-Book-of-2010
  22. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41652-Young-Adult-Fantasy
  23. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41693-Favorite-Heroine
  24. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41654-Favorite-Hero
  25. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010#41647-Paranormal-Fantasy
  26. ^ http://www.nick.com/kids-choice-awards/vampire-academy-book.html
  27. ^ http://www.cbcbooks.org/news/77

External links

Works by Richelle Mead
Vampire Academy series
Bloodlines series
Georgina Kincaid series
Dark Swan series
Storm Born · Thorn Queen · Iron Crowned · Shadow Heir