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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American writer
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
25 July 1972
The details
Biography
Introduction
Melissa Marr (born July 25, 1972) is an American author of young adult/urban fantasy novels.
Biography
Marr, a former university English teacher, currently resides in Virginia. Her first novel was published in 2007, the New York Times bestseller Wicked Lovely. Along with four more books in that series, which is now completed, she has also written an adult novel, Graveminder, and started on a new young adult series that began with 2012's Carnival of Souls. She is also a frequent contributor of short fiction to anthologies and has edited one anthology with Kelley Armstrong, with whom she also writes the series Loki's Wolves, published under the name M.A. Marr.
Awards and honors
Wicked Lovely
- New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2008
- Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens
- IRA Notable Books 2008: Young Adult Fiction