Kristin Cashore

Kristin Cashore is an American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction, best known for the Graceling Realm series, which includes Graceling, Fire and Bitterblue. Since 2008 she has written fantasy novels for young adults, and she also works as a freelance educational writer, producing textbook content and book reviews for The Horn Book Guide. Born in 1976, she grew up in rural northeastern Pennsylvania and studied at Williams College before earning a master's from Simmons College's Center for the Study of Children's Literature.