Witajcie w biblioteczce

Early life

Stiefvater was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on, Maggie Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history. After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art, which is collected internationally. At 16, she legally changed her first name from Heidi to Margaret.She is married and has two children.
 

Writing career

Stiefvater published her first novel, Lament in 2008, after several years and many dozens of rejections. Before Lament had been released, she sold the rights to Ballad, the sequel to Lament, and to Shiver. Shiver was embraced by independent booksellers and overseas publishers, ultimately selling to more than 38 foreign territories. The Shiver Trilogy spent more than 40 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. In 2010, Linger debuted at the number one spot on the New York Times Bestseller List.

In 2010, Stiefvater was asked to speak at a TEDxNASA conference in Virginia and delivered a presentation called "How Bad Teens Become Famous People."
 

Music

Stiefvater is also known for her music. She played the highland bagpipes competitively while in college, and began a Celtic band, Ballynoola, that toured on the eastern seaboard. She plays multiple other instruments as well. With her sister, Kate Hummel, she writes and records a piece of music for each novel she releases. These are released to the public in the form of animated book trailers.Stiefvater is also known for drawing on guitars with Sharpie (marker)s and giving them away to fans at major events.
 

Art

Before turning to writing full-time, Stiefvater was a professional portrait artist, specializing in colored pencil. For several years to August 2008 she participated in the Painting a Day movement, following the innovation by Duane Keiser, and posted new art (although not daily) on her painting blog Greywaren Art. She taught art workshops nationally and her art was featured in magazines such as Art Calendar, ACEO Magazine, Horses in Art and American Carriage Driver. Her art was also hung in exhibitions such as the Colored Pencil Society of America's International Exhibition and American Academy of Equine Art's National Exhibition.

Stiefvater also animates the book trailers for each of her books, using both stop-motion animation and traditional animation techniques

Król kruków

Pierwszy tom magicznej sagi. Jedna dziewczyna i trzech chłopaków. Blue pochodzi z rodziny wróżek, jest medium do kontaktów ze światem zmarłych. Gansey, Adam i Ronan, trzej przyjaciele w elitarnej szkoły dla chłopców, obsesyjnie poszukują tajemniczych linii mocy legendarnego Króla Kruków - Glendowera. Z ich powodu pozornie ciche i spokojne miasteczko staje się scenerią niezwykłych wydarzeń. Gdy razem z Blue trafią do magicznego lasu, gdzie czas płata figle, nic już nie będzie takie samo... Przerażające tajemnice, mroczne rytuały, stare przepowiednie, wizje, duchy, ofiary, a to dopiero początek tej historii...Wkrótce następne tomy tej fascynującej sagi.