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Rae Carson


Born
in The United States
August 17, 1973

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Genre
Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction


Rae Carson was born in 1973 in California and now lives in Arizona. She developed an enthusiasm for storytelling in her earliest childhood. She studied social sciences and worked in various industries after graduating from university before she realized her dream and became a writer. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is her debut novel.

In her own words, she "write[s] books about teens who must do brave things. [Her] books tend to contain lots of adventure, a little magic and romance, and smart girls who make (mostly) smart choices. [She] especially love[s] to write about questions [she doesn't] know the answers to."

Has also published as Rae Carson Finlay. ...more

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FALL 2015 TOUR

WalkOnEarth-finalOulá! Here are my fall tour stops for Walk On Earth A Stranger.

I’m especially excited because I get to bring some friends with me, so each stop features an author or two whose books I think you might like.

Am I coming to your city?

September 22 – 7 PM
Menlo Park, CA (near San Francisco)
Kepler’s Books
*Featuring Stacey Lee, author of Under a Painted Sky (Penguin Random House)

September 23 – 7 PM

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns The Crown of Embers The Bitter Kingdom The Empire of Dreams
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“I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom
tags: hope, ignore, imagination, love, pain, pretend
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“I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little.”
― Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers
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“Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns
tags: death, honor, quotes-to-live-by
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