Kristin Cashore

Author of Graceling

72 Works 22,594 Members 1,161 Reviews 110 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: Krisin Cashore, Kristin Csshor, Kristin Cashore, Kristen Cashore, kashorechristin, קריסטין קאשור, クリスティン・カショア

Disambiguation Notice:

Kristin Cashore has been writing in-house type educational publications for several years; those nonfiction early readers in topics such as history, politics and biology are written by the SAME Kristin Cashore who authored (novels) Graceling and Fire. Please do not split the author!

Series

Graceling Realm

Works by Kristin Cashore

Popular Recent

Graceling (2008) 10,845 copies

Fire (2009) 5,731 copies

Bitterblue (2012) 3,659 copies

Winterkeep (2021) 762 copies

Jane, Unlimited (2017) 736 copies

Seasparrow (2022) 330 copies

Graceling Graphic Novel (2021) 139 copies

Insect or Arachnid? (2005) 31 copies

Grow a Tomato! (2005) 23 copies

Salt Lick Boom Town (Reading 2007) (2005) 22 copies

Warm and Fuzzy (2005) 22 copies

Graceling Realm Series: Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue (2011) 19 copies

A Time of Change: Women in the Early Twentieth Century (2005) 19 copies

Words of Freedom: The U.S. Constitution (2005) 16 copies

Kristin Cashore eSampler (2012) 15 copies

Dangerous Storms (2009) 15 copies

Storm Danger! (2005) 13 copies

Abraham Lincoln (2005) 11 copies

The People Who Gave us The U.S. Constitution (2005) 9 copies

Exoskeleton (Scott Foresman Science) (2006) 9 copies

Abraham Lincoln, Great Man, Great Words (2005) 9 copies

There Is a Door in This Darkness (2024) 9 copies

Rob, Mom, and Socks (2005) 9 copies

The Constitution: Protecting Our Rights and Freedoms (2005) 8 copies

Fertile Floods (Scott Foresman Science) (2006) 8 copies

A Nation of Parks (Literacy by Design) (2007) 7 copies

Polar Life (Science 2006) (2005) 7 copies

The Market Adventure (2009) 7 copies

Our Government (Social Studies) (2005) 6 copies

Take The Subway (2005) 6 copies

Scott Foresman Reading Street 6. 5. 4 : The Two Sides of Mining (2005) 5 copies

Authors of Liberty: Writing the U.S. Constitution (2013 version) (2005) 5 copies

The Corps of Discovery (Literacy by Design) (2007) 5 copies

The Japanese Giant Hornet (Literacy by Design) (2007) 5 copies

The Show Must Go On! (2005) 5 copies

Mr. Grim and the Goose That Laid Golden Eggs (2005) 5 copies

That's Entertainment! (2005) 4 copies

Tom and Pam (2005) 4 copies

D is for Democracy (2006) 4 copies

Urbanization of America (2005) 4 copies

Sea Turtles in Danger (Literacy by Design) (2007) 3 copies

Lights, Camera, Action! (2005) 3 copies

New Problems New Solutions (2005) 3 copies

Growing and Changing Cities (2005) 3 copies

A Vet for All Animals 2 copies

Far Away at Home (2005) 2 copies

Wants And Needs (Reading Powerworks) (2004) 2 copies

Výjimečná (2009) 2 copies

The Noble Boy and the Brick Maker (2005) 2 copies

Making Pictures (Vocabulary Readers) 2 copies

Siedem krolestw. Tom 3. Bitterblue (2023) 1 copy

Siedem krolestw. Tom 2. Iskra (2022) 1 copy

Drottningens spion (2023) 1 copy

Siedem krolestw. Tom 1. Wybrancy (2022) 1 copy

What Is Light? 1 copy

Animals and Their Life Cycles 1 copy

Sir Tom (2005) 1 copy

What's That Sound (Reading Powerworks) (2004) 1 copy

Water on Earth 1 copy

California Science, Physical Science "What Is Light Like?" (2007) 1 copy

Todos los animales tienen un ciclo de vida 1 copy

Swamp Life 1 copy

Exploring Motion and Force 1 copy

Predator and Prey 1 copy

What is Light? 1 copy

Aprendamos sobre fósiles y dinosaurios 1 copy

A New Kind Of Art (Vocabulary Readers) (2005) 1 copy

How to Grow Tomatoes 1 copy

The Florida Everglades (Literacy by Design) (2007) 1 copy

Sir Tom (2005) 1 copy

The Two sides of Mining 1 copy

Authors of Liberty Writing the U.S. Constitution 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1976-08
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Simmons College (M.A.|Children's Literature)
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Occupations: dog runner
packer in candy factory
editorial assistant
legal assistant
freelance writer
Agent: Faye Bender
Short biography: Kristin Cashore grew up in a rural area of the northeast Pennsylvania, as the second of four daughters. During her childhood she read constantly. She received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, where she worked with Liza Ketchum and was named a Virginia Haviland Scholar. She has worked as a dog runner, a packer in a candy factory, an editorial assistant, and a legal assistant. She is a freelance educational writer who writes content for textbooks and teacher editions, as well as book reviews for The Horn Book Guide and other publications. Since 2008 she also wrote fantasy novels for Young Adults.

She has lived in Pennsylvania, Florida, Sydney, Boston, Cambridge, Austin, Italy and even London before settling, for the moment, in Massachusetts.
Disambiguation notice: Kristin Cashore has been writing in-house type educational publications for several years; those nonfiction early readers in topics such as history, politics and biology are written by the SAME Kristin Cashore who authored (novels) Graceling and Fire. Please do not split the author!

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Found: Young adult fantasy, Red haired protagonist w/ evil father in Name that Book (September 2021)

GROUP READ: Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Spoiler-Free Thread) in Hogwarts Express (March 2012)

Reviews

Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

This was a really good book. It's hard to make an assassin a really sympathetic character, but I liked Katsya, and I really liked Po. I like that their solution is tailored to them. I like the villain twist, and the well-crafted political ins and outs. The book did seem to end quite suddenly, but I believe there are more. Certainly the third book is about at least one of the characters. In all, quite an enjoyable read, and I look forward to more by this author.

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Bookladycma | 583 other reviews | May 18, 2024 |

Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) by Kristin Cashore

I like the first 2/3 of Graceling a lot. The main character is badass. There is a moment in the book where she feels betrayed about something and I really empathized with her. I like how Katsa and Poe interact with each other, and I think the world is interesting.

However, the last third of the book is kind of strange. The relationship between Katsa and Poe takes a very unnatural turn, and the book gets kind of preachy and forced.

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zeronetwo | 583 other reviews | May 14, 2024 |

Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

OMG, Fantastic! I stayed up all night...had to finish. Compelling, great world-building, strong complex characters... more later.

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Dorothy2012 | 583 other reviews | Apr 22, 2024 |

Fire

This was a good book (around the same quality as Graceling). Perhaps my main qualm was that the book used Fire's beauty as the major plot device the entire time. The idea that someone is "so attractive that it causes problems" is interesting for a while, but when it became the entire book it got tiring. Also, the plot was a little too straightforward. I could have guessed it from page 20 (give or take some side-trips that Fire takes), which is a little frustrating from a literary perspective...

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mrbearbooks | 297 other reviews | Apr 22, 2024 |

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