Née le 27 juillet 1973 à Téhéran, en Iran, Cassandra Clare est une romancière et romancière américano-irano-américaine. Elle est surtout connue pour avoir écrit la série fantastique Mortal Instruments de 2007 jusqu'à la sortie des derniers versements en 2014. Claire est née Judith Rumelt de parents nés aux États-Unis à Téhéran, en Iran. Ses parents sont Elizabeth et Richard Romelt. Ils ont été respectivement professeurs à l'Academy of Business Administration et écrivain.
Le grand-père maternel de Clare était le producteur de films Max Rosenberg. Claire est juive, mais elle décrit sa famille comme non religieuse.
Enfant, Clare voyageait fréquemment, passant du temps en Suisse, en Angleterre et en France. Elle est retournée à Los Angeles au lycée et a depuis partagé son temps entre la Californie et New York, travaillant pour divers magazines de divertissement et tabloïds, dont The Hollywood Reporter.
Alors qu'elle vivait à Los Angeles, Claire s'est lancée dans l'écriture de fiction, en utilisant le nom de Cassandra Claire. La trilogie Drico, inspirée de Harry Potter et The Top Secret Diary, inspirée du Seigneur des anneaux, sont devenues des romans populaires. Malgré cela, Claire a supprimé ses romans fantastiques d'Internet avant de publier son premier roman, City of Bones, sous le nom de Cassandra Claire.
Claire vit actuellement à Amherst, Massachusetts, avec son mari, Joshua Lewis, et trois chats.
The Shadowhunter’s Codex pdf par Cassandra Clare
The Clave is pleased to announce the newest edition of the Nephilim’s oldest and most famous training manual: the Shadowhunter’s Codex. Since the thirteenth century, the Codex has been the young Shadowhunter’s best friend. When you’re being swarmed by demons it can be easy to forget the finer points of obscure demon languages or the fastest way to stop an attack of Raum demons. With the Codex by your side, you never have to worry.
Now in its twenty-seventh edition, the Codex covers it all: the history and the laws of our world; how to identify, interact with, and if necessary, kill that world’s many colorful denizens; which end of the stele is the end you write with. No more will your attempt to fight off rogue vampires and warlocks be slowed by the need to answer endless questions from your new recruits: What is a Pyxis? Why don’t we use guns? If I can’t see a warlock’s mark, is there a polite way to ask him where it is? Where do we get all our holy water? Geography, History, Magic, and Zoology textbook all rolled into one, the Codex is here to help new Shadowhunters navigate the beautiful, often brutal world that we inhabit.
Do not let it be said that the Clave is outdated or, as the younger Shadowhunters say, “uncool”: this new edition of the Codex will be available not only in the usual magically-sealed demonskin binding, but also in a smart, modern edition using all of today’s most exciting printing techniques, including such new features as a sturdy clothbound cover, a protective dust jacket, and information about title, author, publisher, and so on conveniently available right on the cover. You’ll be pleased to know that it fits neatly into most satchels, and unlike previous editions, it rarely sets off alarm wards.
The old woodcuts and engravings have been replaced as well: instead, you’ll find lavish modern illustrations by some of the brightest luminaries of the fantastic. Creatures, weapons, people, and places have been carefully and accurately rendered by the likes of Rebecca Guay, Charles Vess, Jim Nelson, Theo Black, Elisabeth Alba, and Cassandra Jean. Chapters are beautifully introduced by the drawings of Michael Kaluta, and along with our condensation of the classic 2,450-page tome, A History of the Nephilim, you will find a selection of the best of the lovely illustrations of that volume by John Dollar.
This edition of the Codex will be available in Institute libraries and what mundanes sometimes call “book stores” in October 2013.