Melissa Marr
{{Short description|American writer}}
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| occupation = Writer
| language = English
| nationality = American
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| genre = Young adult/Urban fantasy
| notableworks = Wicked Lovely
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| website = {{URL|melissa-marr.com}}
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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 Arizona.{{cite web | url=http://www.epicreads.com/authors/melissa-marr/121/ | title=Melissa Marr - Biographies | publisher=Epic Reads | accessdate=March 2, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.melissa-marr.com/_author/faq.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Official Website of Melissa Marr |accessdate=March 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504114908/http://www.melissa-marr.com/_author/faq.html |archivedate=May 4, 2013 }} Her first novel was published in 2007, the New York Times bestseller Wicked Lovely. Along with four more books in that series, which were also New York Times bestsellers, she has also written an adult novel, Graveminder, which won the 2011 Goodreads Readers Choice Award for "Best Horror" and was a "Top Pick Fantasy" with VOYA. She has written other young adult, adult, and children's fiction. She is also a frequent contributor of short fiction to anthologies and has edited one anthology with Kelley Armstrong, with whom she also wrote the series Loki's Wolves, published under the name M.A. Marr.{{cite news | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/56095-gearing-up-for-spring-picks-from-children-s-booksellers.html | title=Gearing Up for Spring Picks From Children's Booksellers | work=Publishers Weekly | date=February 25, 2013 | accessdate=March 3, 2013}}
Bibliography
=Young adult novels=
==''Wicked Lovely'' series==
- Wicked Lovely (2007)
- Ink Exchange (2008)
- Fragile Eternity (2009)
- Radiant Shadows (2010)
- Darkest Mercy (2011)
==Other young adult novels==
- Untamed City: Carnival of Secrets (2012)
- Made For You (2013)
- Seven Black Diamonds (2016)
- One Blood Ruby (2017)
=Middle grade novels=
- Loki's Wolves, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong (Spring 2013)
- Odin's Ravens, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong (Spring 2014)
- Thor's Serpents, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong (Spring 2015)
- The Hidden Knife, (Spring 2021)
=Adult novels=
- Graveminder (2011)
- The Arrivals (2013)
- Pretty Broken Things (An Audible Original (2020)
==''Wicked Lovely'' Adult series==
- Cold Iron Heart (2020)
==''Faery Bargains'' Adult series==
- The Wicked & The Dead (2020)
=Picture books=
- Bunny Roo, I Love You (2015)
- Baby Dragon (2019)
- Bunny Roo and Duckling Too (2021)
==''Faery Bargains'' Adult series==
- The Wicked & The Dead (2020)
=Picture books=
- Bunny Roo, I Love You (2015)
- Baby Dragon (2019)
- Bunny Roo and Duckling Too (2021)
=Graphic novels=
==''Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales'' series==
- Volume 1: Sanctuary (2009)
- Volume 2: Challenge (2010)
- Volume 3: Resolve (2011)
=Short fiction=
==Collections==
- Faery Tales and Nightmares (2011)
- Tales of Folk and Fey (2019)
==Anthologies edited==
- Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, with Kelley Armstrong
- Shards and Ashes, with Kelley Armstrong
- Rags and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales (2013), with Tim Pratt
==Anthologies contributed to==
- Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions
- Teeth: Vampire Tales
- Love Is Hell
- Naked City
- Home Improvement: Undead Edition
- Unbound
==Nonfiction anthologies contributed to==
- Life Inside My Mind
- Things We Haven't Said
Awards and honors
=''Wicked Lovely''=
- New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2008[http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta_2008-rev.pdf New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320185011/http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta_2008-rev.pdf |date=2009-03-20 }}, page 7
- Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens[https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000158771 Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens]
- IRA Notable Books 2008: Young Adult Fiction[http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/ReadingToday/RTY-0810-book_awards.aspx 2008 IRA Book Awards and Notable Books] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711233311/http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/ReadingToday/RTY-0810-book_awards.aspx |date=2009-07-11 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.melissa-marr.com/ Melissa Marr's Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110922221441/http://bookmarcsonline.blogspot.com/2008/06/melissa-marr_05.html "Melissa Marr, Literary Goth Writer of Young Adult Fiction"] Online article by Steven Williams with linked resources.
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:American writers of young adult literature
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:Urban fantasy writers
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:21st-century American women writers