Bardugo defines Shadow and Bone genre as Tsarpunk - a fantasy with inspiration from early 19th century Russia. The other books in the trilogy, Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising, were published by Macmillan in 20 respectively. The novel hit #8 on The New York Times Best Seller list, and had been optioned for film by David Heyman and DreamWorks. Shadow and Bone was nominated for the Romantic Times Book Award and the South Carolina Children's Book Award, named an Indie Next List Book, and reviewed in The New York Times. Career īardugo's debut novel, Shadow and Bone, the first book in the Grisha trilogy, was published in 2012 by Macmillan. Before publishing her first novel, she worked in copywriting and journalism, as well as makeup and special effects. She was a member of the Wolf's Head secret society. She attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in English in the spring of 1997. She is secular Jewish and of Moroccan Jewish descent on her father's side, and of Ashkenazi Jewish ( Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish) descent on her mother's side. where she was raised by her grandparents.

The Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series have been adapted into Shadow and Bone by Netflix and Ninth House will be adapted by Amazon Studios Bardugo is an executive producer on both works.īardugo was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1975 and grew up in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She also received acclaim for her paranormal fantasy adult debut, Ninth House.

She is best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, which include the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Scars duology. Leigh Bardugo is an Israeli-American fantasy author. Grisha Trilogy, Six of Crows duology, King of Scars duology

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