Melissa Marr
Melissa Marr is an American author of young adult/urban fantasy novels.
Biography
Marr, a former university English teacher, currently resides in Arizona. Her first novel was published in 2007, the New York Times bestseller Wicked Lovely. Along with four more books in that series, which were also New York Times bestsellers, she has also written an adult novel, Graveminder, which won the 2011 Goodreads Readers Choice Award for "Best Horror" and was a "Top Pick Fantasy" with VOYA. She has written other young adult, adult, and children's fiction. She is also a frequent contributor of short fiction to anthologies and has edited one anthology with Kelley Armstrong, with whom she also wrote the series Loki's Wolves, published under the name M.A. Marr.Young adult novels
''Wicked Lovely'' series
Other young adult novels
Untamed City: Carnival of Secrets Made For You Seven Black Diamonds- ''One Blood Ruby''
Middle grade novels
Loki's Wolves, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong Odin's Ravens, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong Thor's Serpents, as M.A. Marr, with Kelley Armstrong The Hidden Knife,Adult novels
- Graveminder
- The Arrivals
- ''Pretty Broken Things
''Wicked Lovely'' Adult series
- ''Cold Iron Heart''
''Faery Bargains'' Adult series
- ''The Wicked & The Dead''
Picture books
- Bunny Roo, I Love You
- Baby Dragon
- ''Bunny Roo and Duckling Too''
''Faery Bargains'' Adult series
- ''The Wicked & The Dead''
Picture books
- Bunny Roo, I Love You
- Baby Dragon
- ''Bunny Roo and Duckling Too''
Graphic novels
- ''The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley''
''Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales'' series
- Volume 1: Sanctuary
- Volume 2: Challenge
- ''Volume 3: Resolve''
Short fiction
Collections
Faery Tales and Nightmares- ''Tales of Folk and Fey''
Anthologies edited
Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, with Kelley ArmstrongShards and Ashes, with Kelley ArmstrongRags and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales, with Tim PrattAnthologies contributed to
Enthralled: Paranormal DiversionsTeeth: Vampire TalesLove Is HellNaked CityHome Improvement: Undead Edition- ''Unbound''
Nonfiction anthologies contributed to
Life Inside My Mind- ''Things We Haven't Said''
Awards and honors
''Wicked Lovely''
- New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2008
- Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens
- IRA Notable Books 2008: Young Adult Fiction