Leigh Bardugo

About

Leigh Bardugo (born April 6, 1975) is an American fantasy author. She is best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, which include the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies. She also received acclaim for her paranormal fantasy adult debut, Ninth House. The Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series have been adapted into Shadow and Bone by Netflix, and Ninth House will be adapted by Amazon Studios; Bardugo is an executive producer on both works.

== Early life ==
Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, on April 6, 1975, and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where she was raised by her grandparents. She is Jewish, descended from Spanish Jews on one side, and Russian and Lithuanian Jews on the other.
Bardugo attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in English in 1997. She was a member of the Wolf’s Head secret society. Before publishing her first novel, she worked in copywriting and journalism, as well as makeup and special effects.

== Career ==
Bardugo’s debut novel, Shadow and Bone, the first book in the Grisha trilogy, was published in 2012 by Macmillan. Shadow and Bone was nominated for the Romantic Times Book Award and the South Carolina Children…