Author · born 1976
Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore (born 1976) is an American children's writer. Born in Boston.
Our catalogue lists 1 book by Kristin Cashore, mostly bisexual fiction and LGBTQ+ young adult fiction. The most-read is Jane, Unlimited (2014).
Books by Kristin Cashore
Jane, Unlimited
Kristin Cashore, Cashore
Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Young Adult Book, Jane, Unlimited (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Young Adult Book, Bitterblue (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best First Novel, Graceling (nominee)
- 🏆Mythopoeic Awards 2009 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, Graceling (winner)
Biography
Kristin Cashore grew up in a rural area of the northeast Pennsylvania, as the second of four daughters. During her childhood she read constantly. She received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, where she worked with Liza Ketchum and was named a Virginia Haviland Scholar. She has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, and a legal assistant. She is a freelance educational writer who writes content for textbooks and teacher editions, as well as book reviews for The Horn Book Guide and other publications. Since 2008 she also wrote fantasy novels for Young Adults. She has lived in Pennsylvania, Florida, Sydney, Boston, Cambridge, Austin, Italy and even London before settling, for the moment, in Massachusetts.