Robin LaFevers

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Occupation Author Genre Children's literature Language English Name Robin LaFevers		Nationality American Role Writer Citizenship US

Pen name R. L. LaFevers, Robin LaFevers Nominations Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction Books Grave Mercy, Dark Triumph, Mortal Heart, Theodosia and the Serpents, Flight of the Phoenix
Notable awards Junior Library Guild

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Robin Lorraine LaFevers is an American children's book writer from California.

She is the author of the Theodosia series (illustrated by Yoko Tanaka) and Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series (illustrated by Kelly Murphy) for children. She is the author of the His Fair Assassin series for young adults.

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Personal life

La Fevers grew up in Los Angeles and now resides on a small ranch in Southern California with her husband and two sons. LaFevers has had a lifelong love of animals, which often make appearances in her novels, and a sensitivity to ecological responsibility best apparent in the Nathaniel Fludd books. She admits to a belief in the magical, which is also a driving element of stories such as Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos.

Awards

Her novel Flight of the Phoenix was selected by the Junior Library Guild in 2009. YALSA named Dark Triumph as one of the Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2014. It also received a 2014 Indies Choice Book Award Young Adult Honor

Grave Mercy was a 2014-2015 Iowa High School Book Award nominee and a 2017 Abe Lincoln Teen Choice Book Award nominee.

Standalone Novels

The Falconmaster (2003)

Werewolf Rising (2006)

Wild Daughters of Ares (Anticipated, 2020) - On Hold

His Fair Assassin Series

Nominated for the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature

Published as Robin LaFevers

A young adult romantic historical fiction series set in Brittany (now part of France) during the Middle Ages.

Grave Mercy (2012) Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780547628349
Dark Triumph (2013) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780547628387
Mortal Heart (2014) Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780547628400
Untitled His Fair Assassin #4 (Anticipated 2018)
Untitled His Fair Assassin #5 (Anticipated 2019)

Lowthar's Blade

Published as R. L. LaFevers

A classic fantasy series for young readers.

The Forging of the Blade (2004)
The Secrets of Grim Wood (2005)
The True Blade of Power (2005)

Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist

Published as R. L. LaFevers, Illustrated by Kelly Murphy

A series for young readers.

Follows the adventures of Nathaniel (Nate) Fludd as he travels the world in search of mythical beasts.

Flight of the Phoenix (2009)
The Basilisk's Lair (2010)
The Wyverns' Treasure (2010)
The Unicorn's Tale (2011)
Untitled Nathaniel Fludd Book #5 (Anticipated, after 2020, on hold)
Untitled Nathaniel Fludd Book #6 (Anticipated, after 2020, on hold)

Theodosia

Published as R. L. LaFevers

A series for middle school aged children, set in Edwardian London (1906) and Egypt. Theodosia experiences adventures as she protects the world from curses found on ancient Egyptian artifacts that were recovered by her parents.

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (2007)
Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (2008)
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (2010)
Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (2011)
Theodosia and the Flame of Sekhmet (Anticipated, after 2020) - On hold

Essays

Community Conversation-Your Unique Story: Become Your Novel's Secret Ingredient

In Author in Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What it Really Takes to get Published (2016, Editor Therese Walsh)

Eye on the Prize-Surviving "Nearly There": How to Thrive When You're This Close to Publication