The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.

Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men
Which of your characters is most like you?
I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no--I can't fix anything. I'm much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She's a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side--things that could be said about me too--although she does find courage when it's needed most. I think we'd all like to believe we'd have that same inner strength if we ever needed it.
Where do you write?
I have a home office that I've decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I've collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I'll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch.
If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you?
Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We'd just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued.
The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book?
Scarlet is awesome--she's very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that's a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she's been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren't half bad either.)

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	400
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Feiwel & Friends
Fecha de Publicación	2012-01-03
Dimensiones	8.3" x 5.9" x 1.4" pulgadas
Serie	Lunar Chronicles
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Edad	12-17
Premios	Beehive Awards 2014 (Nominee), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens 2013 (Recommended), Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2015 (Winner), Evergreen Young Adult Book Award 2015 (Nominee), Grand Canyon Reader Award 2014 (Recommended), Indies Choice Book Awards 2013 (Honor Book), Iowa Teen Award 2014 (Nominee), Isinglass Teen Read Award 2013 (Nominee), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award 2014 (Nominee), Sequoyah Book Awards 2015 (Nominee), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award 2013 (Nominee), Sunshine State Young Reader's Award 2014 (Nominee), Tayshas Reading 2013 (Commended), Texas Lone Star Reading List 2013 (Commended), Truman Readers Award 2014 (Third Place), Volunteer State Book Awards 2014 (Nominee), Volunteer State Book Awards 2014 (Nominee), Young Reader's Choice Award 2015 (Nominee)

Meyer, Marissa

Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Renegades Trilogy, The Lunar Chronicles series, the Wires and Nerve graphic novels, and The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book. Her first standalone novel, Heartless, was also a #1 New York Times bestseller. Marissa created and hosts a podcast called The Happy Writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their two daughters.