Cassandra Clare Research Paper

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Cassandra Clare has been into books ever since she was little. She’s the author of The New York Times Bestselling series, “The Mortal Instruments.” There are many events in her life that shaped the who she is today. Some events are when she traveled with her parents, When she read Jane Austen’s, “The Beautiful Cassandra,” and when she wrote fanfictions and was an assistant editor at “The Hollywood Reporter.” According to “Cassandra Clare,” Ms. Clare traveled to many different places when she was younger(famousauthors.org). The sights from the places she visited, inspired where her books would take place. Traveling influenced her love for writing books and reading them. When she Lived in Manhattan, the landscape brought her first book she wrote to life (famousauthors.org). The first book (City of Bones) instantly got on to The New York Times Bestselling books. The first book made way for more books of the series to come …show more content…
She later wrote a book with the same title. Ms. Clare’s real name is Judith Rumelt. She changed her name to Cassandra Clare because of Jane Austen’s book in high school. She kept Cassandra Clare as a pen name to publish it on her novels. The name Cassandra Clare became a part of who she is. According to “My Bio” written by Cassandra Clare herself, she became a New York Times Bestselling Author. After reading “The Beautiful Cassandra,” it helped her start producing short stories (Cassandra Clare). Half a decade later from when Mrs. Clare got her pen name, she started writing fanfictions (Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule). When she was an assistant editor, she was working on a section based on “The X-Files.” She first started writing fanfictions after being pulled into the genre of “The X-Files.” Her fan fictions were based off of J.K. Rowling books (Cassandra Clare Facts). On all of her books that she publishes, she uses her pen

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