An Evening with Claire Legrand

Fri Jun 23 2023 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

A Novel Idea on Passyunk | Philadelphia

A Novel Idea on Passyunk
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An Evening with Claire Legrand
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Superstar fantasy author Claire Legrand makes her adult hardcover debut with A Crown of Ivy and Glass.
About this Event

Superstar fantasy author Claire Legrand (New York Times bestselling Empirium Trilogy) makes her adult hardcover debut with A Crown of Ivy and Glass. This gorgeously dark fantasy-romance is perfect for those allured by the glittering society intrigues of Bridgerton and for readers who can’t resist the fantastical setting and characters that have entranced readers of the A Court of Thorns and Roses novels. Each book in Legrand’s lyrical, otherworldly Middlemist Trilogy is inspired by a different classic romantic ballet: Giselle, The Firebird, and Swan Lake.


In A Crown of Ivy and Glass, three sisters of a noble magic family must fight to protect their home from invasion by the creatures of the Old Country—the realm of the gods and the birthplace of magic—before the boundary dividing the two worlds disappears forever. And at the nexus of this brewing chaos looms an all-powerful demon who holds the fates of both worlds in deadly claws.


The reader anticipation for these novels is intense, with hundreds of fans flooding social media to swoon the moment Legrand sent news of this “Adult. Fantasy. Romance.” in a dedicated email newsletter announcement. And why not? As Kirkus Reviews attests, the author weaves compelling fantasy with “high stakes, epic scope, intense action, and sweeping mythologies.” The Middlemist Trilogy is all of this…and more.


Friday, June 23rd 6pm at A Novel Idea

*Suggested $5 Donation


About the Author

Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now she is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven published novels, with more on the way.


Her first novel is The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, one of the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. She is also the author of The Year of Shadows, a ghost story for middle grade readers; and Winterspell, a young adult re-telling of The Nutcracker. Some Kind of Happiness, her middle grade novel about mental illness, family secrets, and the power of storytelling, is a 2017 Edgar Award Nominee. Claire’s latest middle grade novel, Thornlight, is a classic fantasy-adventure and a companion novel to the acclaimed Foxheart, a 2016 Junior Library Guild selection. She is one of the four authors behind The Cabinet of Curiosities, an anthology of dark middle grade short fiction that was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Book, and among the New York PublicLibrary’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2014.


Her first young adult horror novel, Sawkill Girls, received five starred reviews. It was also a 2018 Bram Stoker Award finalist and a 2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her second young adult horror novel, Extasia, was a Spring 2022 Kids’ Indie Next List pick.


Furyborn, an epic fantasy novel for young adults, debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first book in the Empirium Trilogy. The next book in the series, Kingsbane, was also an instant New York Times bestseller, followed by Lightbringer, the series conclusion, which was released to immense critical and reader acclaim.


When not writing, Claire enjoys tending to her many plants, learning about fashion and interior design, and quoting Star Trek to anyone who will listen.

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A Novel Idea on Passyunk, 1726 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, United States

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