Kami grew up outside of Washington DC, wore lots of black, and spent hours writing poetry in spiral notebooks. She was also an original member of the Smart Chicks Tour. Kami was a founding member of the Young Adult Capitol Bookfest (YALLFEST) in Charleston, SC, and continues as a board member and a Director of Programming for the festival. Kami has participated in the LA Times Festival of Books, Texas Book Festival, the Paris Book Fair, Roma Cinemafest in Rome, ALA’s Annual Conference, Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference, Miami Book Festival, Decatur Book Festival, Texas Teen Book Festival, Southern Book Festival, and Comic-Con International. She is a member of PEN West, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and works with WriteGirl, a creative writing and mentoring non-profit organization for girls. Kami was a 2012 recipient of the Bold Ink Award, and her short story “Red Run” was featured in The Guardian, after it was selected for the UK’s National Short Story Month. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES was named Amazon’s #1 Teen Book of 2009, and #5 on the Editor’s Top 100 List. Morris Debut Award, a SCIBA Award Finalist, a New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age” selection, and a YALSA “Teen Top Ten” Pick. The film adaptation of Beautiful Creatures released in theaters on February 14, 2013, from Warner Brothers, starring: Viola Davis, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum, Alice Englert, and Alden Ehrenreich.īEAUTIFUL CREATURES was a finalist for the ALA’s William C. She is also a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, IndieNext, Los Angeles Times, and international bestseller, and a recipient of the Bold Ink Award.īEAUTIFUL CREATURES has been published in 50 countries and translated in 39 languages. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures Novels and the spin-off DANGEROUS CREATURES & the author of the instant New York Times bestseller & Bram Stoker Award nominated novel UNBREAKABLE, and the sequel UNMARKED (Sept. Learn more about Kami and her books at & and follow her on Twitter: BIOGRAPHY She lives in Maryland with her family, and their dogs Spike and Oz (named after characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found watching disaster movies, listening to Soundgarden, or drinking Diet Coke. Kami is fascinated by the paranormal, and she’s very superstitious. The film adaptation of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES released in theaters on February 14, 2013, from Warner Brothers. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures Novels and DANGEROUS CREATURES & the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and Bram Stoker Award nominated novel UNBREAKABLE, and the sequel UNMARKED, in the Legion Series.īEAUTIFUL CREATURES has been published in 50 countries and translated in 39 languages.

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