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Melissa A. Craven

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Born

in Columbus, GA, The United States

December 15, 1978

Website

http://melissaacraven.com

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Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary

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Melissa A. Craven (the "A" stands for Ann—in case you were wondering) was born near Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio at the age of seventeen. She still thinks of Cleveland as home, so it was only natural for Emerge to take place there.
Today, she is back in Atlanta—for some reason she can't seem to stay away from the ungodly heat that makes her long for things like "lake effect snow" and wind that will knock you flat.
Melissa decided a long time ago that the “life checklist” everyone else was clutching so tightly in their fists, just wasn’t for her. She does everything backwards because she is weird like that, but then, she is an artist and artists are notoriously "unique" and "quirky."
She is an avid student of art and design, a ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 14,091 ratings · 2,028 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Awakening (Emerge, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,015 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Fae's Prisoner (Crimes of the Fae, #1) by Melissa A. Craven (Goodreads Author), M. Lynn (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 642 ratings — 4 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
	Fae's Power (Crimes of the Fae, #2) by Melissa A. Craven (Goodreads Author), M. Lynn (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 557 ratings — 4 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
	Fae's Promise (Crimes of the Fae, #3) by Melissa A. Craven (Goodreads Author), M. Lynn (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 531 ratings — 4 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
	The Judgment (Emerge, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Emerge (Immortals of Indriell, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 395 ratings — 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
	Fae's Rebellion (Queens of the Fae, #7) by Melissa A. Craven (Goodreads Author), M. Lynn (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 352 ratings — 3 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
	The Captive (Emerge, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 242 ratings — 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
	The Edge (Emerge, #1.5) 4.43 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Heir (Emerge, #4) 4.48 avg rating — 220 ratings — 5 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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Immortals of Indriell (7 books)
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The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion

by Daniel McCoy

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Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)

by Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author)

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The Casquette Girls (The Casquette Girls, #1)

by Alys Arden (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Melissa A. Craven (?)

“You do remember how dangerous I am with those?”
“Aye, that’s the point. Everyone will duck and cover if they see you wielding these.”
“Even my teammates?”
“Especially your teammates.”
― Melissa A. Craven, The Awakening

tags: humorous-quotes

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“I don’t know. Is that good-different, or I-should-come-with-a-warning-label-different?”
― Melissa A. Craven, The Awakening

tags: sarcasm

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“I don’t want to be that girl who’s nothing without her boyfriend. I want to be a reflection of what I love—of who I am on my own, not just an empty echo of who I love. Does that make sense?”
“You think I’d overwhelm you?” he asked.
“We’d overwhelm each other.”
― Melissa A. Craven, The Awakening

tags: inspirational-attitude

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