That’s also why my books, except for the final book, have such wicked cliffhangers.” “I need to see the entire story, going across multiple books, in order to write. “I knew how the Nightshade trilogy would end from the first page of the first book,” Andrea said. Another reason for that - she typically knows how her books will end when she first begins to write them. That drive comes through in Andrea’s writing and is in part why the ebb and flow of her books feel so natural. “I often forget to eat until I notice it’s getting dark outside,” she said. When she gets in her groove while drafting, she writes all day. “Dreaming up other worlds seems to be an inherent part of who I am,” she says.īut to do get those worlds from her head to paper takes some strong coffee and her iPod - Andrea listens to music during the creative process and compiles soundtracks for each of her novels. The author of the Nightshade trilogy - “Nightshade,” “Wolfsbane” and “Bloodrose” - has been making up stories and writing them down for as long as she can remember.

“I don’t think of my books as being written for young readers, and the readers I hear from range from age 10 all the way to grandparents,” Andrea told Cracking the Cover. She wanted to write a coming of age story, which she says is particularly well suited to teenagers but still resonates with readers of all ages.

When Andrea Cremer began writing what became her first published series, she didn’t have a particular audience in mind.

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