U is for...Utterly Awesome Authors
It was very difficult...well, impossible, to come up with an author to represent the letter U. I guess Umberto Eco could work, but that would go against how I've been categorizing every author in the challenge. I refuse to do that. So I'm sneaking in an abnormal way to get around this letter with: Utterly Awesome Authors. Marissa Meyer (1984-) A young adult author, Marissa Meyer is a recent addition to my library. My friend and fellow blogger, The Sassy Starfish , happens to be a school librarian in a southern state recommended her work. I'm glad she did! Meyer published her first book, Cinder , a New York Times bestseller, in 2012, though she had worked in editing and fan fiction prior to this. Her debut series, The Lunar Chronicles , is based on futuristic re-tellings of various fairy tales. And she just received a 2-book deal for a new series based on Alice in Wonderland . If you're looking for quick, enterta...