

In addition to novels, Melissa has co-edited several anthologies, as well as published short fiction, manga, and prose non-fiction. She co-authored (with Kelley Armstrong) a MG trilogy as M.A. She also write romance for adults as Ronnie Douglas. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages and been bestsellers internationally as well as domestically (NY Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal).Accolades include starred reviews on numerous books, YALSA Popular Paperbacks, IRA Notable Book Pick, Book Sense Pick (YA and adult), Good Morning America Summer Pick for Teens, Scottish Book Trust, Red Maple finalist (in both Ontario and Manitoba), and Goodreads Good Choice Award (Horror), RWA RITA award (YA). She is best known for the Wicked Lovely series for teens, the Graveminder for adults, and her debut picturebook Bunny Roo, I Love You.

Melissa Marr is a former university literature instructor who writes fiction for adults, teens, and children. Marr's book makes the existence of faeries seem all too possible" -Horn Book which even non-fantasy (or faerie) lovers will want to delve into"-Publishers Weekly "They live among us. "Impossible to put down" -School Library Journal "As mesmerizing as its urban faery subjects"-Booklist "A fully imagined faery world. To protect her, Irial must risk a war he can't win-or surrender the first mortal woman he's loved. Unbeknownst to Tam, she is the prize in a centuries-old fight between Summer Court and Winter Court. Too soon, New Orleans is filling with faeries who are looking for her, and Irial is the only one who can keep her safe.

But when the Dark King, Irial, rescues her, Tam must confront everything she thought she knew about faeries, men, and love. Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn't expecting to be caught in a faery conflict.

In this prequel to the international bestselling WICKED LOVELY series, the Faery Courts collide a century before the mortals in Wicked Lovely are born.
