Natalia Jaster
{{short description|American author of fantasy romance}}
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| education = California State University, Northridge (MA)
| period = 2014–present
| genre = Fantasy Romance
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Natalia Jaster is an American author of adult fantasy romance.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Natalia-Jaster/e/B00OEZHIQ6|title=Natalia Jaster|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=21 November 2020}} Her debut novel, Touch, is a re-imagination of the story of Eros featuring the female goddess Love who is forced to pair up a mortal man with whom she has fallen in love.{{cite web|url=http://tilly-and-her-books.tumblr.com/post/125784378340/touch-by-natalia-jaster-tumblr-the-myth-of-eros|title=Books & Cats, TOUCH BY NATALIA JASTER (Tumblr) The myth of Eros...|work=Tilly and her books |accessdate=12 March 2016}} Her second novel, Trick, was published in 2015 and re-released in 2022{{cite book|title=Trick (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms)|isbn=978-1957824017 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=21 October 2022 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }} after going through some rewrites. It is the story of the court jester Poet and the princess Briar.{{cite web|url=http://magicineverybook.com/post/134547958849/trick-by-natalia-jaster-publication-date-november|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313115722/http://magicineverybook.com/post/134547958849/trick-by-natalia-jaster-publication-date-november|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 13, 2016|title=Magic in Every Book|accessdate=12 March 2016}} Trick is now book one in the "Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms" series with the third installment, Burn, coming out in the fall of 2023. Book two, Ruin, was published in 2022.
In 2020, Jaster published Kiss the Fae, the first book of the Vicious Faeries series in the Dark Fables universe. Inspired by the movie Labyrinth, the story is about a girl who must survive a fae's labyrinth in order to save her sisters.{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Fae-Natalia-Jaster/dp/B08LNPTYJR
|title=Kiss the Fae: Jaster, Natalia: 9798699221547: Amazon.com: Books|website=Amazon |date=24 October 2020 |publisher=Independently published |isbn=979-8-6992-2154-7 |accessdate=21 November 2020}}
Natalia Jaster received a master's degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Northridge in 2008.{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261349778
|title=Like her (Book, 2008) [WorldCat.org]|via=WorldCat.org|oclc=261349778|accessdate=12 March 2016}}
She has also been published in the Northridge Review,{{cite web|url=http://scholarworks.csun.edu/handle/10211.2/1955?show=full|title=Northridge Review|year=2007 |hdl=10211.2/1955?show=full|accessdate=12 March 2016 |last1=Houghton |first1=Mona |last2=McConnick |first2=Loretta |last3=Morse |first3=Ashlyn }} Sucker Literary Magazine,{{cite web|url=http://www.suckerliterary.com/about/about-the-authors|title=The Authors Sucker Literary Magazine|work=Sucker Literary Magazine|accessdate=12 March 2016}} YARN,{{cite web|url=http://yareview.net/2012/03/flossies-laundry|title=Flossie's Laundry YARN|work=YARN|accessdate=12 March 2016}} and Mammut Magazine.{{cite web|url=https://mammutmagazine.us/download/mammut_issue1_v14_screen.pdf|title=Mammut Magazine Issue 1|work=Mammut Magazine|accessdate=8 October 2017}}
Works
=Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms Series (Series in Progress)=
- Trick 2nd ed. (2022) {{ISBN|978-1957824017}}{{cite book|title=Trick (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms) : Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824017: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824017 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=21 October 2022 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
- Ruin (2023) {{ISBN|978-1957824048}}{{cite book|title=Ruin (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms) : Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824048: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824048 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
- Burn (2023) {{ISBN|978-1957824079}}{{cite book|title=Burn (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms) : Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824079: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824048 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=4 November 2024 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
- Dare (2024) {{ISBN|978-1957824079}}{{cite book|title=Dare (Dark Seasons: Foolish Kingdoms) : Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824079: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824109 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=11 August 2024 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
- Lie (2nd ed. forthcoming)
- Dream (2nd ed. forthcoming)
=Dark Fables: Vicious Faeries Series=
- Kiss the Fae (2020) {{ISBN|979-8699221547}}{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Fae-Natalia-Jaster/dp/B08LNPTYJR|title=Kiss the Fae: Jaster, Natalia: 9798699221547: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=979-8699221547|via=Amazon|accessdate=21 November 2020 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=24 October 2020 |publisher=Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US }}
- Hunt the Fae (2021) {{ISBN|979-8741686485}}{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Fae-Natalia-Jaster/dp/B08LNPTYJR|title=Hunt the Fae: Jaster, Natalia: 9798741686485: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=979-8741686485|via=Amazon|accessdate=12 July 2023 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=24 April 2021 |publisher=Independently Published }}
- Curse the Fae (2022) {{ISBN|978-1957824222}}{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Fae-Natalia-Jaster/dp/B08LNPTYJR|title=Curse the Fae: Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824222: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824222|via=Amazon|accessdate=12 July 2023 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=10 September 2022 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
- Defy the Fae (2022) {{ISBN|978-1957824246}}{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Fae-Natalia-Jaster/dp/B08LNPTYJR|title=Defy the Fae: Jaster, Natalia: 9781957824246: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1957824246|via=Amazon|accessdate=12 July 2023 |last1=Jaster |first1=Natalia |date=10 September 2022 |publisher=Natalia Jaster }}
=Selfish Myths Series=
- Touch (2014) {{ISBN|978-1505444025}}{{cite book |title=Amazon.com: Touch (Selfish Myths) (Volume 1) (9781505444025): Jaster, Natalia: Books|isbn=978-1505444025|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=12 January 2015|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}
- Torn (2019) {{ISBN|978-1073890910}}{{cite book |title=Torn (Selfish Myths): Jaster, Natalia: 9781073890910: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1073890910|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=19 June 2019|publisher=Independently Published }}
- Tempt (2019) {{ISBN|978-1695808218}}{{cite book |title=Tempt (Selfish Myths): Jaster, Natalia: 9781695808218: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1695808218|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=14 October 2019|publisher=Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US }}
- Transcend (2020) {{ISBN|979-8627687148}}{{cite book |title=Transcend (Selfish Myths): Jaster, Natalia: 9798627687148: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=979-8-6276-8714-8|date=26 March 2020}}
=Foolish Kingdoms Series (Out of Print)=
- Trick (2015) {{ISBN|978-1517494957}}{{cite book |title=Trick (Foolish Kingdoms) (Volume 1): Jaster, Natalia: 9781517494957: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1517494957|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=4 November 2015|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}
- Dare (2017) {{ISBN|978-1548073213}}{{cite book |title=Dare (Foolish Kingdoms) (Volume 2): Jaster, Natalia: 9781548073213: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1548073213|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|year=2017|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}
- Lie (2018) {{ISBN|978-1727391282}}{{cite book |title=Lie (Foolish Kingdoms) (Volume 3): Jaster, Natalia: 9781727391282: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1727391282|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=6 November 2018|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}
- Dream (2019) {{ISBN|978-1796231090}}{{cite book |title=Dream (Foolish Kingdoms): Jaster, Natalia: 9781796231090: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1796231090|last1=Jaster|first1=Natalia|date=21 February 2019|publisher=Independently Published }}
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External links
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Category:American women novelists
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American young adult novelists
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
Category:21st-century American women writers
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Category:American women writers of young adult literature
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