Prior to becoming a writer full-time, she would work as a waitress, a childbirth-educator, a doula, and an editor. Working on her craft as a writer through the years, she would continue to refine and hone her voice as a novelist.

Attending Lewis-Clark State College on a scholarship, she would gain a BA in creative writing at twenty years of age. Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, she would take in inspiration from the world around her, continually putting it back into her work. It appears that there’s a lot more to come in the future too, with her writing career carrying onwards and upwards.īorn in 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aprilynne Pike would grow up enjoying creative writing as a passion of hers from a young age. This is also true for her characters as well, many of whom ensure that her readers continually come back time and time again. Turning the tropes of the genre on their head, she says something that’s entirely new in the process, making an idiosyncratic and unique name for herself. Many of her stories are focused on faeries as this is something that she clearly excels at, using the mythical creatures to startling effect. Reaching the top of the bestseller lists on numerous occasion, she’s found readers far and wide, all the while saying something new and unique. This has made her hugely successful over the years too, as her work has resonated on a universal level quite unlike any other. Her rich and inventive fantasy worlds are quite unlike any other, bringing her readers in and immersing them in her finely drawn landscapes. Working with the form in increasingly innovative and inventive ways, she’s always looking for new and exciting ways with which to express herself.ĭrawing from a range of influences too, she really is an inspired author, taking from many different authors before her and making a style very much of her own.

This is largely due to the engaging and compelling manner she writes in, instantly grabbing the attention of the reader from the outset. Well known to scores of readers from across the world, she’s gained an international audience, with many of her readers relating to her words and characters. It is her imagination for which the American author Aprilynne Pike is probably best known, having written fantasy and Young Adult fiction for quite some time now.

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