Claire Legrand
| Claire Legrand | |
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| Born | Irving, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, young adult fiction |
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Claire Legrand is an American writer of children's and young adult literature, including novels and short stories. She is most known for her young-adult fantasy novel, Winterspell, published by Simon & Schuster in August 2014.[1]
Personal life
Legrand is from Texas[2] but now resides in central New Jersey.[3]
Published works
Middle grade novels
- The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 28 Aug 2012; illustrated by Sarah Watts)
- The Year of Shadows (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 27 Aug 2013)
- Some Kind of Happiness (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 17 May 2016)
- Foxheart (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 4 Oct 2016; illustrated by Jaime Zollars)
Young adult novels
Winterspell series:
- Winterspell (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 30 Sep 2014)
- Summerfall (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 26 Aug 2014) — Winterspell prequel novella
- Homecoming (available only as a free e-book download from Legrand's website, 29 Dec 2014) — Winterspell epilogue
Other
- The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister (Greenwillow Books, 27 May 2014) — a book of short stories by Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Emma Trevayne, and Legrand; illustrated by Alexander Jansson
- Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (Walden Pond Press, 1 Sep 2015) — a book of short stories by Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Nikki Loftin, Daniel José Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, Rita Williams-Garcia and Legrand; edited by Jon Scieszka
- Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life (Grosset & Dunlap, 3 Nov 2015) — a diverse collection of short stoies by Gary D. Schmidt, Linda Sue Park, Grace Lin, Matthew J. Kirby, Adam Rex, Jane Yolen, Heidi Y. Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Karen Cushman, Caroline Starr Rose, Lisa Yee, Nathan Hale, Julia Alvarez, Kate Messner, Margarita Engle, Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Tracy Edward Wymer, Dee Garretson and Legrand; edited by Mike Winchell, illustrated by Eglantine Ceulemans
References
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