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'''Brigid Kemmerer''' (born January 11, 1978)<ref name="YoungEntertainment">{{cite web |date=December 31, 2013 |title=Storm (Elemental #1) |url=https://youngentertainmentmag.com/storm-elemental-1/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=Young Entertainment}}</ref> is an American author of [[Young adult literature|young-adult]] fantasy and romance novels, best known for her series ''[[A Curse So Dark and Lonely|Cursebreakers]]'' and ''Defy the Night''.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2017-02-24 |title=Brigid Kemmerer |journal=Contemporary Authors |via=Gale Literature}}</ref>
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== Early life ==
'''Brigid Kemmerer''' (born January 11, 1978) is an American author of [[young adult fiction]].<ref name="YoungEntertainment">{{cite web |title=Storm (Elemental #1) |url=https://youngentertainmentmag.com/storm-elemental-1/ |website=Young Entertainment |access-date=November 10, 2021 |date=December 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2017-02-24|title=Brigid Kemmerer|journal=Contemporary Authors|via=Gale Literature}}</ref> She worked in the finance industry before becoming a full-time writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenerddaily.com/brigid-kemmerer-author-interview/|title=Q&A: Brigid Kemmerer, Author of 'A Heart So Fierce and Broken'|last=Deo|first=Annie|date=2020-01-01|website=The Nerd Daily|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/neighborhoods/ph-ac-cc-around-pasadena-0408-20170405-story.html|title=Around Pasadena: Local author realizes dream of becoming full-time writer|last=Brown|first=Atalie Day|date=2017-04-06|website=[[The Capital|Capital Gazette]]|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> Her novel ''A Curse So Dark and Lonely'', an adaptation of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-author-brigid-kemmerer|title=Interview With an Author: Brigid Kemmerer|website=[[Los Angeles Public Library]]|date=2019-04-04|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/02/17/young-adult-hardcover/|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – Feb. 17, 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> and received a starred review from ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-508-7|title=Children's Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2019-01-03|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> Her standalone novel ''More Than We Can Tell'' received a starred review from the ''[[School Library Journal]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=more-than-we-can-tell|title=More Than We Can Tell|last=Fitzgerald|first=Ellen|date=2017-12-01|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
Kemmerer was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], but lived in many other places during her early life including [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] and [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], before settling in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. She was raised Catholic.<ref name="YoungEntertainment" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Gabriel |first=Joshua |date=2017-03-31 |title=Q & A with Brigid Kemmerer |url=https://highliterature.com/2017/03/31/q-a-with-brigid-kemmerer/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=High Literature |language=en}}</ref>


She worked in the finance industry before becoming a full-time writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenerddaily.com/brigid-kemmerer-author-interview/|title=Q&A: Brigid Kemmerer, Author of 'A Heart So Fierce and Broken'|last=Deo|first=Annie|date=2020-01-01|website=The Nerd Daily|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/neighborhoods/ph-ac-cc-around-pasadena-0408-20170405-story.html|title=Around Pasadena: Local author realizes dream of becoming full-time writer|last=Brown|first=Atalie Day|date=2017-04-06|website=[[The Capital|Capital Gazette]]|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
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== Works ==

== 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 (author)|Christopher Pike]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-04-04 |title=Interview With an Author: Brigid Kemmerer |url=https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-author-brigid-kemmerer |access-date=2020-04-25 |website=[[Los Angeles Public Library]] |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2021, she lives in the [[Baltimore]] area with her husband and sons.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-14 |title=Author Interview with Brigid Kemmerer (ft. me fangirling over one of my favorite authors 😍) |url=https://beyondthereadblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/author-interview-with-brigid-kemmerer/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Beyond the Read |language=en}}</ref>

Kemmerer does not identify as religious, instead considering herself a spiritual person. <ref name=":4" />

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== Career ==

=== Influences ===
The authors most influential to her writing are Christopher Pike, [[Jodi Picoult]], [[Charlaine Harris]], [[Dan Savage]], and [[Bill Konigsberg]].<ref name=":2" />

=== 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.<ref name=":3" /> The inspiration for the first book was her love for the fairytale [[Beauty and the Beast]].<ref name=":2" />

==== Reception ====
''[[A Curse So Dark and Lonely]]'' was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Young Adult Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – Feb. 17, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/02/17/young-adult-hardcover/ |access-date=2020-04-25 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> and received a [[starred review]] from ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-03 |title=Children's Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-508-7 |access-date=2020-04-25 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref name=":3" />

=== More than We Can Tell ===
Her standalone novel ''More Than We Can Tell'' received a starred review from the ''[[School Library Journal]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Ellen |date=2017-12-01 |title=More Than We Can Tell |url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=more-than-we-can-tell |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-04-25 |website=School Library Journal}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==


=== ''Elemental'' series ===
=== ''Elemental'' series ===
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=== ''Letters to the Lost'' series ===
=== ''Letters to the Lost'' series ===
[[File:Brigid Kemmerer 2022 Texas Book Festival.jpg|thumb|Kemmerer at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.]]
* ''Letters to the Lost'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-008-2|title=Children's Book Review: Letters to the Lost|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2017-02-06|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/letters-to-the-lost/|title=LETTERS TO THE LOST {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=letters-to-the-lost|title=Letters to the Lost|last=Woychowski|first=Jillian|date=2017-01-01|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
* ''Letters to the Lost'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-008-2|title=Children's Book Review: Letters to the Lost|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2017-02-06|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/letters-to-the-lost/|title=LETTERS TO THE LOST {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=letters-to-the-lost|title=Letters to the Lost|last=Woychowski|first=Jillian|date=2017-01-01|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
* ''More Than We Can Tell'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-014-3|title=Children's Book Review: More Than We Can Tell|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2018-01-15|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/more-than-we-can-tell/|title=MORE THAN WE CAN TELL {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
* ''More Than We Can Tell'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68119-014-3|title=Children's Book Review: More Than We Can Tell|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2018-01-15|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/more-than-we-can-tell/|title=MORE THAN WE CAN TELL {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />


=== ''Cursebreakers'' series ===
=== ''Cursebreakers'' series ===
* ''[[A Curse So Dark and Lonely]]'' (2019)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely/|title=A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely|title=A Curse So Dark and Lonely|last=Carbone|first=Emma|date=2018-11-01|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
* ''A Curse So Dark and Lonely'' (2019)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely/|title=A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely|title=A Curse So Dark and Lonely|last=Carbone|first=Emma|date=2018-11-01|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
* ''[[A Heart So Fierce and Broken]]'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/a-heart-so-fierce-and-broken/|title=A HEART SO FIERCE AND BROKEN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref>
* ''A Heart So Fierce and Broken'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brigid-kemmerer/a-heart-so-fierce-and-broken/|title=A HEART SO FIERCE AND BROKEN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[A Vow So Bold and Deadly]]'' (2021)
* ''A Vow So Bold and Deadly'' (2021)

=== ''Forging Silver into Stars'' series (''Cursebreakers'' spin-off) ===
* ''Forging Silver into Stars'' (2022)
* ''Carving Shadows into Gold'' (2025)


=== ''Defy the Night'' series ===
=== ''Defy the Night'' series ===
* ''Defy the Night'' (2021)
* ''Defy the Night'' (2021)
* ''Defend the Dawn'' (2022)
* ''Destroy the Day'' (2024)

=== ''Warrior Princess Assassin'' series===
* ''Warrior Princess Assassin'' (2025)


=== Standalone novels ===
=== Standalone novels ===
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://brigidkemmerer.com/}}
* {{Official website|https://brigidkemmerer.com/}}
* [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81943-q-a-with-brigid-kemmerer.html Q&A with ''Publishers Weekly'']
* [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81943-q-a-with-brigid-kemmerer.html Q&A with ''Publishers Weekly'']
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Brigid Kemmerer (born January 11, 1978)[1] is an American author of young-adult fantasy and romance novels, best known for her series Cursebreakers and Defy the Night.[2]

Brigid Kemmerer
Kemmerer in 2019
Kemmerer in 2019
Born (1978-01-11) January 11, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.[1]
Occupation
  • Author
  • speaker
LanguageEnglish
Genres
Website
brigidkemmerer.com

Early life

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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][3]

She worked in the finance industry before becoming a full-time writer.[4][5]

Personal life

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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.[6]

As of 2021, she lives in the Baltimore area with her husband and sons.[7]

Kemmerer does not identify as religious, instead considering herself a spiritual person. [3]

Career

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Influences

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The authors most influential to her writing are Christopher Pike, Jodi Picoult, Charlaine Harris, Dan Savage, and Bill Konigsberg.[6]

Cursebreakers series

[edit]

Background

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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.[7] The inspiration for the first book was her love for the fairytale Beauty and the Beast.[6]

Reception

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely was a New York Times bestseller[8] and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[9]

Defy the Night series

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Plot

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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.[7]

More than We Can Tell

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Her standalone novel More Than We Can Tell received a starred review from the School Library Journal.[10]

Bibliography

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Elemental series

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  • Elemental (#0.5) (2012)
  • Storm (#1) (2012)[11]
  • Fearless (#1.5) (2012)
  • Spark (#2) (2012)[12]
  • Breathless (#2.5) (2013)
  • Spirit (#3) (2013)[13]
  • Secret (#4) (2014)[14]
  • Sacrifice (#5) (2014)

Letters to the Lost series

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Kemmerer at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.

Cursebreakers series

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  • A Curse So Dark and Lonely (2019)[8][20][21]
  • A Heart So Fierce and Broken (2020)[22]
  • A Vow So Bold and Deadly (2021)

Forging Silver into Stars series (Cursebreakers spin-off)

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  • Forging Silver into Stars (2022)
  • Carving Shadows into Gold (2025)

Defy the Night series

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  • Defy the Night (2021)
  • Defend the Dawn (2022)
  • Destroy the Day (2024)

Warrior Princess Assassin series

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  • Warrior Princess Assassin (2025)

Standalone novels

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  • Thicker Than Water (2015)[23][24]
  • Call It What You Want (2019)[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Storm (Elemental #1)". Young Entertainment. December 31, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brigid Kemmerer". Contemporary Authors. February 24, 2017 – via Gale Literature.
  3. ^ a b Gabriel, Joshua (March 31, 2017). "Q & A with Brigid Kemmerer". High Literature. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  4. ^ Deo, Annie (January 1, 2020). "Q&A: Brigid Kemmerer, Author of 'A Heart So Fierce and Broken'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Brown, Atalie Day (April 6, 2017). "Around Pasadena: Local author realizes dream of becoming full-time writer". Capital Gazette. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Interview With an Author: Brigid Kemmerer". Los Angeles Public Library. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Author Interview with Brigid Kemmerer (ft. me fangirling over one of my favorite authors 😍)". Beyond the Read. February 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Young Adult Hardcover Books – Best Sellers – Feb. 17, 2019". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  9. ^ "Children's Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely". Publishers Weekly. January 3, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Ellen (December 1, 2017). "More Than We Can Tell". School Library Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  11. ^ STORM | Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ^ SPARK | Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ^ SPIRIT | Kirkus Reviews.
  14. ^ SECRET | Kirkus Reviews.
  15. ^ "Children's Book Review: Letters to the Lost". Publishers Weekly. February 6, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  16. ^ LETTERS TO THE LOST | Kirkus Reviews.
  17. ^ Woychowski, Jillian (January 1, 2017). "Letters to the Lost". School Library Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  18. ^ "Children's Book Review: More Than We Can Tell". Publishers Weekly. January 15, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  19. ^ MORE THAN WE CAN TELL | Kirkus Reviews.
  20. ^ A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY | Kirkus Reviews.
  21. ^ Carbone, Emma (November 1, 2018). "A Curse So Dark and Lonely". School Library Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  22. ^ A HEART SO FIERCE AND BROKEN | Kirkus Reviews.
  23. ^ "Children's Book Review: Thicker Than Water". Publishers Weekly. November 9, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  24. ^ THICKER THAN WATER | Kirkus Reviews.
  25. ^ CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT | Kirkus Reviews.
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