Explore the world of the Mortal Instruments with Cassandra Clare and moreJoin Cassandra Clare and a Circle of more than a dozen top YA writers, includingNew York Timesbestsellers Holly Black, Rachel Caine, and Kami Garcia, as they write about the Mortal Instruments series, its characters, and its world.Inside you’ll read:A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (Jace)The benefits (no, really!) of incest . . . at least in literatureWhat we can read between the lines of Alec and Magnus’ European vacationThe importance of friendship, art, humor, and rebellionAnd more, from the virtues of Downworlders to the naughty side of ShadowhuntingAbout the AuthorCassandra Clare is theNew York Times,Los Angeles Times, andUSA TODAYbestselling author of the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices trilogies of young adult fantasy novels. Her first book,City of Bones, was a 2007LocusAward finalist for Best First Novel. Her books have been translated into 32 languages. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two cats.