Marie Rutkoski
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Born
in Hinsdale, Illinois, The United States
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April 2012
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The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
65 editions
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2014
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The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)
47 editions
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2015
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The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, #3)
38 editions
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published
2016
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The Midnight Lie (Forgotten Gods, #1)
24 editions
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published
2020
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Real Easy
21 editions
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published
2022
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The Cabinet of Wonders (The Kronos Chronicles, #1)
37 editions
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published
2008
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The Shadow Society (The Shadow Society #1)
10 editions
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published
2012
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Bridge of Snow (The Winner's Trilogy, #0.5)
3 editions
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2014
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The Hollow Heart (Forgotten Gods, #2)
15 editions
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2021
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The Celestial Globe (The Kronos Chronicles, #2)
22 editions
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2009
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“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”
― The Winner's Curse
― The Winner's Curse
“Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.”
― The Winner's Curse
― The Winner's Curse
“He knew the law of such things: people in brightly lit places cannot see into the dark.”
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― The Winner's Curse
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Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it—she has to make it.
On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; of the struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be; and of the desperate realities of poor and working-class black families.
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Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.
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Winning what you want may cost you everything you love...
As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.
One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.
But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.
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Cinderella retold
In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.
The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, it reawakens Ash's capacity for love-and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.
Entrancing, empowering, and romantic, Ash is about the connection between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
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Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable.
When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.
But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all.
In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic.
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When it comes to revenge, love is a dangerous complication.With a fierce rivalry raging between two warring families, falling in love is the deadliest thing Sophie could do. An epic debut set outside modern-day Chicago.
When five brothers move into the abandoned mansion in her neighbourhood, Sophie Gracewell's life changes forever. Irresistibly drawn to bad boy Nicoli, Sophie finds herself falling into a criminal underworld governed by powerful families. As the boys' dark secrets begin to come to light, Sophie is confronted with stinging truths about her own family, too. She must choose between two warring dynasties - the one she was born into, and the one she is falling in love with. When she does, blood will spill and hearts will break.
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Luke :D
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I have been looking forward to meeting you for some time now at the Tucson Festival of Books this March, and was quite sad to see that you cancelled your visit. Is there any chance you will entertain visiting Tucson in the future? I would greatly appreciate your reply! Thanks.
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Thank you for accepting my friend request.
Thank you for the two amazing books in this series. I enjoy reading great books. I Love Love Love this series you have created. March cannot come soon enough for me. Any chance of some sneak peeks along the way? Are you going to give any ARC's out? If so, how could someone go about trying to get one?
Your Friend,
Jen
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Also, it's really cool that you interact with your fans, because a lot of writers don't take the time to do that, so... yeah thanks.
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Thanks, Miranda!
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I'm so glad!
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Thank you for accepting my friend request...
I just finished The Winner's Curse and I am telling you I went through all stages of hating and finally ADORING ARIN (how sweet was he in t..."
Thanks so much! I know, Arin is complicated. There are plenty of reasons to both adore him and think he's kind of awful. I think the same is true for Kestrel. But I love them both.
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Oh and you are one of my most favorite writer!
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Thank you!
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Oh and you are one of my most favorite writer!
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Thank you for accepting my friend request...
I just finished The Winner's Curse and I am telling you I went through all stages of hating and finally ADORING ARIN (how sweet was he in the Bridge of Snow?) ...and Kestrel was a beloved heroine from the beginning!
I just voted for this as the Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2014, here on Goodreads!
GOOD LUCK, from all of us Greek fans (yes, we are plenty!) of this amazing story!
Chryssa!
P.S: Those book covers...are truly awesome!
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