Tracy Wolff
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| genre = Young adult fiction
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| movement = Contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy
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Tracy Wolff is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series Crave.{{cite web |last=Waldman |first=Katy |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer's Story? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/did-a-best-selling-romantasy-novelist-steal-another-writers-story |website=The New Yorker |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}} She also writes under the pen name Tessa Adams.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Tessa Adams |url=https://www.writerspace.com/author/tessa-adams/ |website=Writer Space |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}}
Personal life
Wolff is an only child who lost her father unexpectedly at the age of 22. She is a mother of three{{cite web |last = Martin |first = Pilar |date = October 11, 2022 |title = Tracy Wolff lamenta que seu universo Crave é um best-seller sem reconhecimento literário |url = https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/literatura/tracy-wolff-lamenta-que-seu-universo-crave-e-um-best-seller-sem-reconhecimento-literario/ |trans-title = Tracy Wolff regrets that her Crave universe is a bestseller without literary recognition |website = Estadão |language = pt-br |location = |publisher = |access-date = January 28, 2025}} and a former English professor, who now works as a full-time writer from her home in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=April 6, 2020 |title=Universal Sinks Teeth Into Upcoming Tracy Wolff YA Vampire Novel 'Crave' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/crave-tracy-wolff-vampire-novel-universal-1202901902/ |website=Deadline |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}}
The ''Crave'' series
The Crave series is a popular romantasy saga that combines elements of paranormal romance with young adult fantasy, reaching the New York Times best-seller list. The series follows Grace, a teenager who moves to a mysterious Alaskan boarding school after the death of her parents. There, she discovers a supernatural world filled with vampires, werewolves, witches, and gargoyles.
The series debuted in April 2020 with Crave and has several sequels. As of 2024, the series had sold over 3.5 million copies globally and gained a massive following, particularly among fans of BookTok.
Shortly before the book's release, Universal Studios acquired the film rights to Crave. The adaptation was billed as a paranormal fantasy with a feminist lens, expanding the book's themes to a cinematic audience.
Copyright infringement accusations
In 2022, Tracy Wolff faced a lawsuit from Lynne Freeman, an unpublished author, alleging that Wolff's Crave series had substantial similarities to Freeman's unpublished manuscript, Blue Moon Rising, which Freeman had submitted to the same literary agent, Emily Sylvan Kim, in 2010{{cn|date=January 2025}} Freeman cited overlapping plot elements, character dynamics, and details, including an Alaskan setting, a supernatural romance, and scenes featuring mystical occurrences.
Wolff and her publisher, Entangled Publishing, denied the allegations, emphasizing that the creative elements in Crave were independently developed. The lawsuit, still ongoing, has raised complex questions about originality and creative overlap in the romantasy genre.
Bibliography
=The Lone Star Witch Series<ref name="The Lone Star Witch Series">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=The Lone Star Witch Series |url=https://tracywolffauthor.com/bookshelf/lone-star-witch/ |website=Tracy Wolff author |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>=
== Published as Tessa Adams ==
- Soulbound (February 5, 2013)
- Flamebound (December 3, 2013)
===The Shaken Dirty Series{{cite web |author= |date= |title=The Shaken Dirty Series |url=https://tracywolffauthor.com/bookshelf/shaken-dirty/
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- Crash Into Me (October 14, 2013)
- Drive Me Crazy (February 24, 2014)
- Fade Into You (February 15, 2016)
===The Ethan Frost Series{{cite web |author= |date= |title=The Ethan Frost Series |url=https://tracywolffauthor.com/bookshelf/ethan-frost/
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- Ruined (January 7, 2014)
- Addicted (July 15, 2014)
- Exposed (May 5, 2015)
- Flawed (January 17, 2017)
=Crave Series<ref name="Crave Series">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Crave Series |url=https://tracywolffauthor.com/bookshelf/crave-series/ |website=Tracy Wolff author |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>=
- Crave (April 7, 2020)
- Crush (September 29, 2020)
- Covet (March 2, 2021)
- Court (February 1, 2022)
- Charm (November 8, 2022)
- Cherish (May 30, 2023)
- Katmere Academy: an insider's guide (November 23, 2021)
=The Calder Academy Series<ref name="Calder Academy Series">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=The Calder Academy Series |url=https://tracywolffauthor.com/bookshelf/the-calder-academy-series/ |website=Tracy Wolff author |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>=
- Sweet Nightmare (May 7, 2024)
- Sweet Chaos (expected May 6, 2025)
- Sweet Vengeance (expected May 5, 2026)
See also
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Category: American fantasy writers
Category: 21st-century American women writers