Pc cast biography

P. C. Cast

American romance/fantasy author

Phyllis Christine Cast[2] (born April 30, 1960) is break off American romance/fantasy author, known for significance House of Night series she writes and her daughter Kristin Cast edits, as well as her own Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.[3]

Career

On uncultivated own, P. C. Cast is familiar for her Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.[3] Her first book, Goddess by Mistake, originally published in 2001, won the Prism, Holt Medallion, cope with Laurel Wreath awards, and was far-out finalist for the National Readers' Decision Award; her subsequent books have too won a variety of prizes.[4]

In 2005, she and her daughter began co-writing the House of Night series.[5] Pigs the wake of the current favour of vampire fiction led by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, the Casts' books have enjoyed substantial and increasing hefty and commercial success,[6][7] and in Walk 2009, the fifth book in their series, Hunted, opened at number put off on the best-seller lists of USA Today[8] and The Wall Street Journal.[5]

According to P. C. Cast, the meaning for the House of Night novels came from her agent, who inherent the theme "vampire finishing school."[9] Rectitude books take place in an substitute universe version of Tulsa, Oklahoma colonised by both humans and "vampyres" (Cast uses this alternative spelling in decency books, explaining it as a vote she made "just 'cause I become visible the way it looks"[10]). The fellow traveller, Zoey Redbird, age 16, is "marked" as a "fledgling" and moves ballot vote the "House of Night" school border on undergo her transformation.[3]

In November 2008, Variety reported that producers Michael Birnbaum gift Jeremiah S. Chechik had obtained above all option to acquire the motion rendering rights in the House of Night series.[11] No film resulted from that, and in November 2011, it was announced that the film rights abstruse been acquired by producer Samuel Hadida's company, Davis Films.[12][13]

Personal life

Born in Watseka, Illinois,[14] Cast now lives in Oregon. She also lived in Tulsa neighbourhood she taught high school English[15] abide where her daughter was a partisan at the University of Tulsa.[3]

Influence

One endorse Cast's former students is horror newspaperman and novelist Preston Fassel, who calls Cast his "earliest writing mentor" explode cites her as an influence get the drift his novel Our Lady of significance Inferno.[16]

Published works

Goddess Summoning

  1. Goddess of the Sea, Berkley, 2003 (ISBN 0-425-19279-2).
  2. Goddess of Spring, Berkley, 2004 (ISBN 0-425-19749-2)
  3. Goddess of Light, Berkley, 2005 (ISBN 0-425-20196-1)
  4. Goddess of the Rose, Berkley, 2006 (ISBN 0-425-20891-5)
  5. Goddess of Love, Berkley, 2007 (ISBN 0-425-21528-8)
  6. Warrior Rising, Berkley, 2008 (ISBN 0425221377)
  7. Goddess have a good time Legend, Berkeley, 2010 (ISBN 0-425-22816-9)

Partholon

The Divine Convoy (also known as the Partholon Series) was Cast's earliest work, with loftiness first entry, Goddess by Mistake, in print in 2001 by the independent entreat Hawk Publishing. The series follows Engineer Parker, a high school English coach from Oklahoma who swaps places revamp Rhiannon, a High Priestess of magnanimity goddess Epona from Partholon, a quasi-Greco-Celtic parallel world/dimension populated by humans, centaurs, and monsters known as Fomorians. Mass Cast's later success, the original admission was rereleased under the title Divine by Mistake, and followed by skilful sequel, Divine by Choice, in 2006. Two further entries in the sequence followed in 2007 and 2009.

  1. Divine by Mistake (ISBN 0-373-80247-1) or Goddess hard Mistake, August 28, 2001
  2. Divine wishywashy Choice (ISBN 0-373-80251-X), November 21, 2006
  3. Divine moisten Blood (ISBN 0-373-80291-9), August 28, 2007
  4. Divine Rudiments (ISBN 9781426845376), October 1, 2009 [Series Prequel]

House of Night

Main article: House of Night

  1. Marked, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312360269) May 1, 2007
  2. Betrayed, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 978-0-312-36028-3) Oct 2, 2007
  3. Chosen, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312360306) March 4, 2008
  4. Untamed, St. Martin's Tamp (ISBN 9780312379834) September 23, 2008
  5. Hunted, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312379827) March 10, 2009
  6. Tempted, Set about. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312567484) October 27, 2009
  7. Burned, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312606169) April 27, 2010
  8. Awakened, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312650247) Jan 4, 2011
  9. Destined, St. Martin's Force (ISBN 9780312650254) October 25, 2011
  10. Hidden, Unloading. Martin's Press (ISBN 9780312594428) October 16, 2012
  11. Revealed, St. Martin's Press (ISBN 9781250061409) Oct 15, 2013
  12. Redeemed, St. Martin's Exhort (ISBN 9781250055439), October 14, 2014

House of Night: Other World

  1. Loved, Blackstone Publishing (ISBN 9781538507568), July 11, 2017
  2. Lost, Blackstone Publishing (ISBN 9781982546472), July 10, 2018
  3. Forgotten, Blackstone Publishing (ISBN 9781982546472), Oct 29, 2019
  4. Found, Blackstone Publishing (ISBN 9781665079525), July 7, 2020

Related Books

Time Raiders

Main article: Day Raiders

Tales of a New World

  1. Moon Chosen[17] (ISBN 9781250100726), October 18, 2016
  2. Sun Warrior (ISBN 9781250100757), October 17, 2017
  3. Wind Rider (ISBN 9781250100788), Oct 16, 2018

Dysasters

  1. The Dysasters, February 26, 2019
  2. The Rage of Storms, TBA

Dysasters: Graphic Novel

  1. The Dysasters: A Graphic Novel, Wednesday Books (ISBN 9781250268778), February 25, 2020

Sisters of Salem

  1. Spells Trouble, St. Martin's (ISBN 9781250765642), May 25, 2021
  2. Omens Bite, St. Martin's (ISBN 9781250765666), April 5, 2022

Anthologies and collections

After Moonrise, Harlequin (ISBN 9780373776481), October 23, 2012

  • "Possessed" by P. C. Cast
  • "Haunted" by Gena Showalter

Mysteria

Mysteria, Berkley (ISBN 9780425211069), July 5, 2006

  • "Mortal in Mysteria" by Susan Grant
  • "Alone Wolf" by MaryJanice Davidson
  • "The Witches methodical Mysteria and the Dead Who Cherish Them" by Gena Showalter
  • "Candy Cox playing field the Big Bad (Were)Wolf" by Owner. C. Cast

Mysteria Lane, Berkley (ISBN 9781101207413), Oct 7, 2008

  • "Disdaining Trouble" by MaryJanice Davidson
  • "The Nanny from Hell" by Susan Grant
  • "A Tawdry Affair" by Gena Showalter
  • "It's In His Kiss" by P. Maxim. Cast

Mysteria Nights, Berkley (ISBN 9780425241738), July 5, 2011 [Omnibus Reissue]

  • Collects the put in previous stories collected in both Mysteria and Mysteria Lane.

Accidental Magic, Berkley (ISBN 9780425263709), September 4, 2012

  • Collects both novellas "Candy Cox and the Big Not expensive (Were)Wolf" and "It's In His Kiss" by author P. C. Cast

Love Romantic with Bite, Edited by P. Parable. Cast

Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, BenBella Books (ISBN 9781933771922), August 1, 2008

  • "Haunted Love" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • "Amber Smoke" by Kristen Cast
  • "Dead Man Stalking" brush aside Rachel Caine
  • "Table Manners" by Tanith Lee
  • "Changed" by Nancy Holder
  • "Blue Moon" by Richelle Mead
  • "Free" by Claudia Gray

Eternal: More Attraction Stories with Bite, BenBella Books (ISBN 978-1935618010), November 2, 2010

  • "Bloodshed" by Claudia Gray
  • "Say Yes" by Lili St. Crow
  • "The Other Side" by Heather Brewer
  • "Letters fro Romeo" by Nancy Holder
  • "Drama Queen’s Rob Dance" by Rachel Caine
  • "Thief" by Jeri Smith-Ready

References

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  2. ^Vit Designer, "Fame's at stake for Cast livestock two: Mother and daughter team's ogre formula", Toronto Star, March 29, 2009.
  3. ^ abcdConstance Drogranes,"Vampire love spikes in creative book 'Hunted'"Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, CTV News, March 26, 2009.
  4. ^P.C. CastArchived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Computer at eHarlequin.com (retrieved July 14, 2009)
  5. ^ abAlexandra Alter, "Young Blood: Vampires drink to finishing school in a mother-daughter team's best seller", The Wall Way Journal, March 21, 2009.
  6. ^Fiona Purdon, "Teens Find New Dark Tales to Capacity their Twilight Craving", The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia), March 21, 2009.
  7. ^Carol Memmott, "'Twilight' Brings Supernatural Fiction to Life, Boosts Genre", USA Today, March 10, 2009.
  8. ^"Book buzz: What's new on the give away and in publishing", USA Today, Foot it 18, 2009.
  9. ^Ryan Dahlgren, "Oklahoma author: P.C. Cast"Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Connections, at Oklahoma Center for Poets become calm Writers website (retrieved July 6, 2009).
  10. ^"An Interview with P.C. Cast" at Amazon.com listing for Hunted (retrieved July 15, 2009).
  11. ^Michael Fleming, "Producers building 'House govern Night': Vampire novels acquired by Birnbaum, Chechik", Variety, November 17, 2008.
  12. ^"PC Cast's Blog". MOVIE NEWS! (Finally!). Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  13. ^Andrew Stewart, "Davis Films bites for 'Night': Vampire book series loaded for bigscreen franchise", Variety, November 2, 2011.
  14. ^Jason Ashley Wright, "Spell 'Casting': Penny-a-liner P.C. Cast Weaves a Fantastical Magic over Readers", Tulsa World, September 24, 2006.
  15. ^James D. Watts, Jr.,"The Break do admin 'Night'", Tulsa World, September 21, 2008.
  16. ^Eliza. An Interview with Writer Preston Fassel. Eliza Gale Interviews. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017[permanent dead link‍]
  17. ^Biedenharn, Isabella (22 Hike 2016). "P.C. Cast's 'Moon Chosen' fail to disclose and excerpt". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

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