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Judith Lewis(néeRumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by herpen nameCassandra Clare, is an American author ofyoung adult fiction, best known for her bestselling seriesThe Mortal Instruments.[1][2][3][4]

Clare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents inTehran, Iran. She is the daughter ofRichard Rumelt, a business school professor and author.[5]Her maternal grandfather was film producerMax Rosenberg.[6]Clare isJewishand has described her family as \"not religious\".[7][8]

As a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. She returned to Los Angeles for high school and from then on, split her time betweenCaliforniaandNew York City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, includingThe Hollywood Reporter.[9]

She is also friends with the authorHolly Black, and their books occasionally overlap, Clare mentioning characters from Black\'s novels and vice versa, such as Val and Luis from Black\'sValiant.[10]

Her publisher also credits Clare with creating the \"City of Fallen Angelstreatment\" where a tangible \"letter\" from one character to another is attached to the back of physical copies of a book. The goal is to spur print book sales.[5]

As of 2013, Clare resides inAmherst, Massachusetts, with her husband, Joshua Lewis, and three cats.[1][11]

In 2004, Clare started working on her first published novel,City of Bones, inspired by the urban landscape ofManhattan.City of Boneswas released bySimon & Schusterin 2007 and is a contemporary fantasy story revolving around charactersClary Fray,Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis, which became aNew York Timesbestseller upon its release.City of AshesandCity of Glasscompleted the first trilogy. A subsequent second trilogy contained three more books:City of Fallen Angels,City of Lost Souls, andCity of Heavenly Fire.

There is a prequel trilogy calledThe Infernal Devices, set in the same universe asThe Mortal Instruments, but set in the Victorian era. This consists of three books:Clockwork Angel, published on August 31, 2010,Clockwork Prince, published on December 6, 2011, andClockwork Princess, published on March 19, 2013.[12]

A fourth trilogy set in this universe was announced in 2012, collectively known asThe Dark Artifices. The new contemporary series is set in Los Angeles and follow female shadowhunter Emma Carstairs, who was introduced inCity of Heavenly Fire.[13]The first book,Lady Midnight, was released in March 2016; the second,Lord of Shadowswas released in April 2017; the third,Queen of Air and Darknesswas released on December 4, 2018.[14][15]

There are also two series of interconnected short stories set in this universe. The first isThe Bane Chronicles, completed in 2014 and written withSarah Rees BrennanandMaureen Johnson, and the second is the plannedTales from the Shadowhunter Academy, written with Brennan and Johnson as well asRobin Wasserman.[16]

The first book inThe Mortal Instrumentswas made into a film,The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones(2013), by Unique Features andConstantin Film.[17]First-time writer Jessica Postigo wrote the screenplay.[18][19]Lily CollinsplayedClary FrayandJamie Campbell BowerplayedJace Wayland.

After a disappointing box office performance, subsequent movies in the series were canceled. A television adaptation ofThe Mortal InstrumentscalledShadowhunters: The Mortal Instrumentsbegan airing in January 2016. It was canceled after the third season.[20]