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Judith Lewis, better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.
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culture · American author (born 1973) · writer · screenwriter · children's writer · novelist · journalist · film producer · also Cassandra Clare, Judith Lewis, Cassandra Claire, Clare
Born 27 July 1973 · Q235364
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are about an elite band of warriors that must protect the human world from the unseen paranormal threat that seeks to destroy humans as they go about their daily lives
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“[Clare], in writing The Mortal Instruments and the Shadowhunters Series knowingly and wilfully copied the Dark-Hunter Series and original elements therein to create a work or works substantially similar to and derivative of the Dark-Hunter Series.”
“are about an elite band of warriors that must protect the human world from the unseen paranormal threat that seeks to destroy humans as they go about their daily lives”
“I figured all your classes were stuff like Slaughter 101 and Beheading for Beginners.”
“If you were half as funny as you thought you were, my boy, you'd be twice as funny as you are.”
“I've never asked, but I'm sure he has a fairly stringent policy about random teenagers lurking in his shrubbery.”
“He's probably never met a six-foot-tall hot elf-woman in a fur bikini, either,”
“I thought it'd be something cooler, like a van with 'Death to Demons' painted on the outside, or . . .”
“Hodge sent me to wake you up. Actually, he offered to wake you up himself, but since it's five a.m., I figured you'd be less cranky if you had something nice to look at.”
“I always thought cab drivers didn't pay attention to traffic, but this is ridiculous,”
“If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have asked.”
“A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance novel covers? The-”
“To love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be destroyed.”
“Well, I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death.”
“If there was such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood,”
“When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?”
“There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way, we're on our own.”
“She was afraid you'd freak out? Start seeing demons in the White House?”
“Maybe. Although I doubt most Shadowhunters get a tattoo of Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on their left shoulder.”
“I can't wait 'til you draw something really complicated, like the Brooklyn Bridge or a lobster. You'll probably send me a singing telegram.”
“Sorry, are you telling me that your demon-slaying buddies need to be driven to their next assignation with the forces of darkness by my mom?”
“The nod means, 'I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.'”
“Demonic activity levels? Do they have a device that measures whether the demons inside the house are doing power yoga?”
“It's the Mortal Cup, Jace, not the Mortal Toilet Bowl.”
“Drive fast, mundane. Drive like hell was following you.”
“So she had a box. Lots of people have boxes. They keep things in them. It's a growing trend, I hear.”
“Honestly Jace, don't you know better than to play with broken glass?”
“It's been so long that I think I was unsettled by the idea of feeling like I belonged anywhere. But you made me feel like I belong.”
“I don't want to be a man. I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead.”
“A werewolf. Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.”
“Maybe I should ask for blessings on my mission against all those who wear white after Labor Day.”
“I was trained to be an evil mastermind from a young age. Pulling the wings off flies, poisoning the earth's water supply - I was covering that stuff in kindergarten. I guess we're all just lucky my father faked his own death before he got to the raping and pillaging part of my education, or no one would be safe.”
“I'm not sure anyone can make Jace do anything. But I think you can remind him that he has something to live for.”
“It was like a bad movie, except he didn't actually twirl his mustache.”
“Yeah, he's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always really wanted to be a ballerina.”
“Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?”
“Nearly unlimited supernatural power, and all you do is use it to watch reruns. What a waste.”
“I love round tables. They suit me so much better than a square.”
“He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons. Ignore him.”
“We seem to be trapped in an episode of One Life to Waste. It's all very dull.”
“Sure. And Madonna wants me as a backup dancer on her next world tour.”
“Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope.”
“Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house.”
“It's not often you get to see someone drool. Especially with such total abandon. Mouth wide open and everything.”
“Oh, for goodness' sake, is he really waking us up at this ungodly hour just to prove his love to you or something?”
“I keep thinking about blood. I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I'll be writing morbid emo poetry about it.”
“Because I foresee many romantic picnics in our future. You, drinking a virgin pina colada. Me, drinking the blood of a virgin.”
“Here, I'll practice on you. Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me. Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you.”
“If you're calling me up just to chat, mundane, you must be lonelier than I thought.”
“With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname.”
“You might want to lie down. I find that helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.”
“No offense to anyone involved, but the only one among you who seems formidable is Jace. An untrained Shadowhunter and a scared vampire. . .”
“No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.”
“What? I thought you came down right on the side of go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars. 'The Law is the Law, Isabelle.' What was all that you were spouting?”
“I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for awhile. It relaxes me.”
“Hearing my achievements recited is certainly gratifying, but I'm not sure what your point is, Alec.”
“If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you.”
“If I made a joke about just dropping in, would you write me off as a cliche?”
“The greatest fear in Jonathan's life is the love he feels for his sister.”
“No. I've always known just who you are. Ever since the first time I saw you getting off the ship from Idris, when you were ten years old-you walked into my heart, just as my own children did when they were born.”
“Seeing through glamour is easy. It's people that are hard.”
“Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie.”
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The Guardian: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - review
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Released album “City of Bones”.
And written with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson, and the second is the planned Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, written with Brennan and Johnson as well as Robin Wasserman
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About how Clare's plagiarism and cyberbullying angered many in the Harry Potter online fandom community
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As of 2013, Clare resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats.
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Collectively known as The Dark Artifices
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Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, and Clockwork Princess, published on March 19, 2013
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“I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?”
And is a contemporary fantasy story revolving around characters Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis, which became a New York Times bestseller upon its release
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Clare started working on her first published novel, City of Bones, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan
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Born 1973-07-27.
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As Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran
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