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Audrey Coulthurst

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The United States

Website

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Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy

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July 2008

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Audrey Coulthurst is the author of critically acclaimed novels for young adults, such as the Of Fire and Stars series and Starworld (co-authored with Paula Garner). After studying music history and composition as an undergraduate and earning a Master’s degree in Book Publishing, she somehow ended up leading a double life working in finance by day and writing novels by night. Audrey was a Lambda Literary Fellow in 2013 and a Publishers Weekly Flying Start in 2016. Her debut novel Of Fire and Stars was named to the Kids’ Indie Next List, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was listed among Vulture’s 38 Best Queer YA Novels in 2018. Audrey grew up riding horses in the Willamette Valley, made most of her best friends while liv ...more

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Writing Advice

Now that I’m established in my career as an author, I’m more frequently asked what my advice is for aspiring writers. After putting together a response for one lovely reader, I thought it might be helpful to share these notes more broadly. Without further ado, here are a few broad pieces of advice that have helped me along my writing journey.

1) Write a terrible first draft. Even your most favorite

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Average rating: 3.76 · 30,689 ratings · 4,468 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 23,129 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Ice and Shadows (Of Fire and Stars, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 4,361 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkmistress (Of Fire and Stars, #0.5) 3.72 avg rating — 2,046 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst (Goodreads Author), Paula Garner (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Audrey Coulthurst

Of Fire and Stars (3 books)
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Audrey Coulthurst (Goodreads Author)

3.76 avg rating — 29,536 ratings

By day, author Kamilah Cole works in publishing. By night, she frantically types words she hopes to see in a book on shelves one day. In...

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Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

11 votes, 25.6%

Priddy’s Tale by Harper Fox

6 votes, 14.0%

All or Nothing by Macy Blake

5 votes, 11.6%

Cethe by Becca Abbott

5 votes, 11.6%

The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

5 votes, 11.6%

Circle of Darkness by Nicholas Bella

5 votes, 11.6%

Dra'Kaedan's Coven by Jessamyn Kingley

4 votes, 9.3%

Path of the Lost by Joseph J. Ramirez

2 votes, 4.7%

43 total votes

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