Melissa Albert
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Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series and Our Crooked Hearts, and a former bookseller and founder of the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times’ list of Notable Children’s Books. She enjoys swimming pool tourism, genre mashups, and living in Brooklyn with her hilarious husband and magnificently goofy son.

Okay, now I will stop talking about myself in the third person. I try to reply to all messages and questions, so please reach out, or come find me on Twitter (@mimi_albert) or Instagram (@melissaalbertauthor)! (But please note: I don't accept GR friend requests anymore because of Amazon's related review pol ...more

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How long is the hazel wood series gonna be?
Melissa Albert A duology plus a fairy tale collection releasing in 2021!
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What's a book you think is underrated and think more people should read? :)
Melissa Albert Oh, I love this question. I'm going to narrow it down to three: for contemporary, Alice Pung's bsolutely brilliant tale of class and cliques, LUCY AND…moreOh, I love this question. I'm going to narrow it down to three: for contemporary, Alice Pung's bsolutely brilliant tale of class and cliques, LUCY AND LINH! For fantasy, the weird, wonderful, portal-tastic Bronte-inspired book WORLDS OF INK AND SHADOW, by Lena Coakley. And for a book that walks the line between fantasy and contemp, Krystal Sutherland's dark and singular A SEMI-DEFINITIVE LIST OF WORST NIGHTMARES.(less)
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Average rating: 3.61 · 153,338 ratings · 23,417 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel W...
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“She talked like a woman who knew more books than people.”
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“I remembered less from my own life than I did from the books I read.”
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“Everyone is supposed to be a combination of nature and nurture, their true selves shaped by years of friends and fights and parents and dreams and things you did too young and things you overheard that you shouldn’t have and secrets you kept or couldn’t and regrets and victories and quiet prides, all the packed-together detritus that becomes what you call your life.”
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Maandboek Oktober - Een Fantasy boek

 
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De kleuren van magie van V.E. Schwab - 416 pagina's
 
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De val van Gondolin van J.R.R. Tolkien - 288 pagina's
 
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Nimmernacht van Jay Kristoff - 518 pagina's
 
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Hazelwoud van Melissa Albert - 336 pagina's
 
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Schim en Schaduw van Leigh Bardugo - 352 pagina's
 
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Het vijfde seizoen van N.K. Jemisin - 399 pagina's
 
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Ontworteld van Naomi Novik - 512 pagina's
 
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