Brigid Kemmerer
American author
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Brigid Kemmerer (born January 11, 1978)[1] is an American author of more than one dozen young-adult fantasy and romance novels.[2] She is best known for her series Cursebreakers, Defy the Night, and Letters to the Lost.[3]
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| Born | January 11, 1978[1] Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.[1] |
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| Language | English |
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Early life
Kemmerer was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but lived in many other places during her early life including Albuquerque, New Mexico and Cleveland, Ohio, before settling in Annapolis, Maryland. She was raised Catholic.[1][4]
She worked in the finance industry before becoming a full-time writer.[5][6]
Personal life
Her favorite books as a child were Shattered Glass by Elaine Bergstrom, The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, Dun Lady’s Jess by Doranna Durgin, and Anything by Christopher Pike.[7]
As of 2021, she lived in the Baltimore area with her husband and sons.[8] Kemmerer does not identify as religious, instead considering herself a spiritual person. [4]
Career
Influences
The authors most influential to her writing are Christopher Pike, Jodi Picoult, Charlaine Harris, Dan Savage, and Bill Konigsberg.[7]
Cursebreakers series
Background
One of the main characters in the Cursebreakers series, Harper, has cerebral palsy, which the author was inspired to include because one of her friends has the same condition.[8] The inspiration for the first book was her love for the fairytale Beauty and the Beast.[7]
Reception
A Curse So Dark and Lonely was a New York Times bestseller[9] and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[10]
Defy the Night series
Plot
The first book, Defy the Night, is about a kingdom ruled by a cruel king in which his brother's task is to punish thieves and black marketeers and a mysterious illness makes the rounds.[8]
More than We Can Tell
Her standalone novel More Than We Can Tell received a starred review from the School Library Journal.[11]
Bibliography
Elemental series
Letters to the Lost series
Cursebreakers series
Forging Silver into Stars series (Cursebreakers spin-off)
- Forging Silver into Stars (2022)
- Carving Shadows into Gold (2025)
- Sparking Fire out of Fate (2026)
Defy the Night series
- Defy the Night (2021)
- Defend the Dawn (2022)
- Destroy the Day (2024)
Braided Fate series
- Warrior Princess Assassin (2025)
- Captive Traitor King (2026)
