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Born | [1] Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.[1] | January 11, 1978
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Language | English |
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Brigid Kemmerer (born January 11, 1978) is an American author of young adult fiction.[1][2]
She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but shortly thereafter moved all over, the desert in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the lakeside in Cleveland, Ohio, later settling near Annapolis, Maryland.[3]
She worked in the finance industry before becoming a full-time writer.[4][5]
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.[3]
As of 2021, she lives in the Baltimore area with her husband and sons.[6]
The authors most influential to her writing are Christopher Pike, Jodi Picoult, Charlaine Harris, Dan Savage, and Bill Konigsberg.[3]
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.[6] The inspiration for the first book was her love for the fairytale Beauty and the Beast.[3]
A Curse So Dark and Lonely was a New York Times bestseller[7] and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[8]
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.[6]
Her standalone novel More Than We Can Tell received a starred review from the School Library Journal.[9]