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Maggie Stiefvater

Margaret Stiefvater (/ˈstiːvɑːtər/ STEE-vah-tər; née Hummel; born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for her fantasy series The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle.

Life and career

Early life and education

Maggie Stiefvater was born Heidi Hummel[1] on November 18, 1981, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. At 16, she legally changed her first name to Margaret.[2] As a child, Stiefvater was a voracious reader who enjoyed writing.[3] By age 16, she was submitting manuscripts to publishers.[3] After being home-schooled from sixth grade on,[4] Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history.[5] By the time she had entered college, she had already written over 30 novels, including four thrillers about the Irish Republican Army, a historical blockade runner novel, and a high-fantasy novel about "impassioned enchanters fighting among civil unrest."[3] After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art.[6]

In 2010, she gave a TEDx Talk for NASA entitled "How Bad Teens Become Famous People",[7] in which she reflects on her youth as a "Bad Teen" and how those years have impacted her.

Writing career

Stiefvater published her first novel, Lament, in 2008.[8] Before Lament had been released, she sold the rights to Ballad, the sequel to Lament, and to Shiver, the first book in the trilogy The Wolves of Mercy Falls.[9] Shiver spent more than 40 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.[10] There are over 1.7 million copies of The Wolves of Mercy Falls series in print and more than thirty-six foreign editions have been licensed.[11]

In 2011, Stiefvater published The Scorpio Races, which received 5 starred reviews and was named a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book.[12]

Stiefvater has written on her blog about her techniques and methods when writing.[13] In 2018 and 2019, Maggie Stiefvater gave writing seminars entitled Portraits & Dreams: Writing with Maggie Stiefvater.[14] It included a lecture and a Q&A. She gave this lecture in Edinburgh, New York City, Seattle, Austin, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vancouver.[15]

Music

Stiefvater plays various musical instruments.[16] She recorded original compositions for the audio books of The Scorpio Races[17] and The Raven Cycle.[18] She has a SoundCloud account where she releases her original tracks.[19] Stiefvater has released playlists for some of her novels of songs she listened to while writing.[20]

Art

Self portrait by the author.

Before turning to writing full-time, Stiefvater was a professional portrait artist, specializing in colored pencil.[21]

Stiefvater created a Tarot card deck, The Raven's Prophecy Tarot Cards, in September 2015.[22]

She was asked to create a poster for the American Library Association to promote reading.[23] The poster includes characters from The Raven Cycle and the phrase "The future belongs to those who read."

Cars

Stiefvater greatly enjoys cars, especially fast ones.[24] She has completed a stunt driving class.[25] She has worked as an automotive journalist.[24][26]

Stiefvater has frequently used her passion for vehicles to promote her novels. To promote the second book of The Raven Cycle, The Dream Thieves, Stiefvater spray-painted her own car. She later allowed fans to also spray-paint the vehicle at the book's launch in Kansas City on September 18, 2013.[27] She repeated this for another event in October 2016, where she let fans paint her Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.[28][29] In 2013 Stiefvater went rally racing in a race car printed with the cover of The Raven Boys.[30][31]

In 2015, Stiefvater drove her Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X in a race against fellow author John Green at the Princeton Speedway in Princeton, Minnesota.[32][33] Both of their vehicles caught fire.[33][25]

Personal life

Stiefvater is married to Edward Stiefvater, with whom she has two children.[34] The two became engaged when she was nineteen.[35]

Bibliography

Books of Faerie series

  1. Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (2008)
  2. Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (2009)

The Wolves of Mercy Falls series

  1. Shiver (2009)
  2. Linger (2010)
  3. Forever (2011)

The Raven Cycle series

  1. The Raven Boys (2012)
  2. The Dream Thieves (2013)
  3. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (2014)
  4. The Raven King (2016)

The Dreamer Trilogy

  1. Call Down The Hawk (2019)
  2. Mister Impossible (2021)
  3. Greywaren (2022)

Pip Bartlett series

  1. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures (2015), with Jackson Pearce
  2. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Unicorn Training (2017), with Jackson Pearce
  3. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters (2018), with Jackson Pearce

Other novels

Anthologies

Short stories

Graphic novel

Non-fiction

Film adaptations

In association with Paramount, Unique Features optioned Shiver's film rights shortly after the book was released.[37] A screenplay was written by Nick Pustay.[38][39]

It was reported in 2011 that David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith’s KatzSmith Productions would produce a film of Scorpio Races.[40] New Line Cinema, in conjunction with Weed Road, optioned the film rights for The Raven Boys shortly before the book's release in September 2012.[41]

In 2019, Stiefvater wrote the pilot for a TV show of The Raven Cycle.[42]

Recognition

Shiver

Lament

The Scorpio Races

The Raven Boys

The Dream Thieves

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is Stiefvater's political stance?". Tumblr. July 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater – In Which Maggie Helps With Homework". M-stiefvater.livejournal.com. January 25, 2011. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Staley, Erin. Maggie Stiefvater.
  4. ^ "School Library Journal". Schoollibraryjournal.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Exclusive interview..." Iesb.net. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "Fine Art and Glass Gallery Richmond Virginia". Chasen Galleries. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  7. ^ TEDxNASA - Maggie Stiefvater - How Bad Teens Become Famous People, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved February 26, 2020
  8. ^ Leitich, Cynthia (October 14, 2008). "Cynsations: Author Interview: Maggie Stiefvater on Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception". Cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  9. ^ Thornton, Matthew (September 15, 2008). "Deals: Elements of Graphic Style". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  10. ^ "Fantasy writer makes real impact on fiction genre". National Writers Series. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  11. ^ "Maggie Stiefvater's Biography". Scholastic Teachers. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  12. ^ Bartel, Julie (January 9, 2014). "One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Maggie Stiefvater". YALSA The Hub. American Library Association. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  13. ^ "how i write". Maggie Stiefvater. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  14. ^ "Portraits & Dreams: Writing with Maggie Stiefvater in Edinburgh". Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  15. ^ "Search results for". Maggie Stiefvater. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  16. ^ Lodge, Sally (June 5, 2012). "PW Talks with Maggie Stiefvater". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  17. ^ "Scorpio Races". Audiobooks.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  18. ^ Audiobooks & Original Audio Shows - Get More from Audible.
  19. ^ "Maggie Stiefvater". SoundCloud. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  20. ^ "Call Down the Hawk playlist". Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  21. ^ "Maggie Stiefvater on Creating an Animated Book Trailer for The Raven Boys". Children's Book Council (cbcbooks.org). August 6, 2012. Archived 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  22. ^ "Tarot Deck Release". Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  23. ^ "Raven Cycle Poster | ALA Store". www.alastore.ala.org. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  24. ^ a b Stiefvater, Maggie (October 19, 2018). "The Rolls-Royce Cullinan Is Spectacular". Road & Track. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  25. ^ a b "A Bullet-Point Decade". Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  26. ^ Stiefvater, Maggie (January 10, 2019). "Driving the Last Brand-New Mitsubishi Evo to its Grave". Road & Track. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  27. ^ "In Which Readers Become Hooligans (Briefly)". Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  28. ^ Stiefvater, Maggie (October 17, 2016). "So, readers painted my car yesterday.pic.twitter.com/Pl9ne7hm3r". @mstiefvater. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  29. ^ Stiefvater, Maggie. "Why You Should Give Your Car A Shitty Paint Job". Jalopnik. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  30. ^ "Band Name Alert: Damage Waiver". Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  31. ^ Stiefvater, Maggie (January 30, 2013), SnoDrift 2013, retrieved February 26, 2020
  32. ^ Maggie Stiefvater vs. John Green at the Princeton Speedway, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved February 26, 2020
  33. ^ a b "What It's Like To Destroy A Fire-Breathing Mitsubishi Evolution". Jalopnik. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  34. ^ "CW and Werewolves? Shiver Has Worldwide Buzz, to Launch at WM Bookstore". Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. August 2, 2009. Archived March 11, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  35. ^ Robinson, David (July 31, 2016). "Author Maggie Stiefvater on her angry youth and love of bagpipes". The Scotsman. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  36. ^ Seyffer, Lelanie (January 23, 2020). "'Swamp Thing: Twin Branches': Cover, synopsis for Maggie Stiefvater's new graphic novel". Hypable. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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  40. ^ "Warner Bros. Developing 'Scorpio Races' Fantasy (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. October 27, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  41. ^ "New Line Picks Up Maggie Stiefvater's YA Novel 'The Raven Boys'". Hollywoodreporter.com. September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  42. ^ Stiefvater, Maggie (August 31, 2019). "Oh right, I read chapter 14 really recently, though, when I wrote the pilot for the TV show (yes, it's still in development, KEEP BEING PATIENT)pic.twitter.com/jydKJ98so1". @mstiefvater. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
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