Judith Rumelt (born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. Read full biography of Cassandra Clare →
And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.
Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not... →
You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of... →
There's a stigma that guys hate romance and hate love, but that's not true. Look at 'Iron Man.' There's a whole through-line plot... →
As long as they're making beloved books into movies, people are going to be like, 'That's not my mental image of them.' It takes that... →
For me, the triad of 'Harry Potter,' the 'Hunger Games' and 'Twilight' feature strong women, and as a declared feminist... →
'City of Fallen Angels' ended on a cliffhanger. That was equally loved and hated by my readership.
My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets.
I am in the U.K. for inspiration because I'm doing a follow on series to 'The Infernal Devices,' called 'The Last Hours.'... →
I believe that writer's block is a symptom. It's not a disease, it's the symptom of a disease. So what I try to do is kind of do it like... →
I tend to write in coffee shops and restaurants with friends of mine because if I'm at home, I get distracted by the television or the cats or my... →
I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's a... →
Judith Rumelt (born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.