With cinder, i knew i was setting the groundwork for this fourbook. This was a very special moment for me, because the lunar chronicles series is what got me into booktube and were the books that changed. We caught up with meyer following her 10city book tour for the. The lunar chronicles author turned to alice in wonderland for her new. Cinder by marissa meyer booktalk with xtinemay youtube. One of the greatest perks about being an inkie is that i have been incredibly fortunate enough to read advanced copies of amazing books and.
Marissa meyer, author of cinder and scarlet last year, the first book in marissa meyer s lunar chronicles series, cinder, about a cyborg cinderella was recieved with high acclaim. The second book in the series, scarlet, is an adaptation of little red riding hood, which follows scarlet on the quest for her grandmother who may have been taken because of the secrets shes been keeping. Interview with the lunar chronicles author marissa meyer on heartless and stars. The first book in the lunar chronicles series by marissa meyer. Ive known how the series was going to end almost from the beginningso way, way back when i started writing cinder in 2008. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of new.
Cinder by marissa meyer is an amazing story about love that comes in mysterious packages. Its hard to overestimate the love that exists for marissa meyers books. In an interview with the newstribune, she said that doing the fan fiction helped her learn the craft of writing, gave her instant feedback and taught her how to take criticism. Cinder questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on cinder. Marissa meyer s latest book stars above, a lunar chronicles collection is available from the guardian bookshop, as are the rest of the lunar chronicle series. Fans have been devouring the lunar chronicles since the 2012 release of cinder, part one of her ingenious tetralogy and accompanying titles in which popular fairy tales undergo a futuristic dystopian reimagining.
Interview with marissa meyer yallwest 2018 youtube. Marissa meyer id have to check this to be sure, but i believe levana literally means queen of the moon. Shonna slayton, author of cinderellas dress, interviews other authors who have written cinderella fairytale. In this prequel to cinder, we see the results of the plague play out and. The author spoke to the post about her new book, heartless, and her love. Marissa meyer and the coolest idea she ever had the. Before writing cinder, meyer worked as a book editor for five years and wrote sailor moon fan fiction under the pen name of alicia blade. Marissa meyer is the author of the bestselling lunar chronicles. Cinder is the first volume in the lunar chronicles series. On one hand, i am so ready for this book to be out.
The series is a science fiction retelling of the classic cinderella story with a. Her new book, heartless, is inspired by lewis carrolls alice in wonderland. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome prince kais, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Marissa meyer and the coolest idea she ever had washington post. You asked for a summary of the novel cinder by marissa meyer. See where the futuristic ya fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for earths survival against villains from outer space. Shes a secondclass citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsisters illness.