WRITER

Marissa Meyer

1984 - Today

Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer (born February 19, 1984) is an American novelist. A large portion of her bibliography is centered on retellings of fairy tales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marissa Meyer has received more than 562,417 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Marissa Meyer is the 7,128th most popular writer, the 16,862nd most popular biography from United States and the 1,153rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

560k
Page Views (PV)
32.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
3.93
Effective Languages (L*)
2.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cress

Teenage girls, Extraterrestrial beings, Juvenile fiction

Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.

2014

Supernova

Children's fiction, Science fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction

**ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND ANARCHY...** THE EPIC CONCLUSION to Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian fighting to keep their identities secret. While the battle rages on between their alter egos and their allies, there is a darker threat shrouding Gatlon City. The Renegades' worst enemy is back among them, threatening to reclaim Gatlon City. Nova and Adrian must brave lies and betrayal to protect those they love. Their greatest fears are about to come to life, and unless they can bridge the divide between heroes and villains, they stand to lose everything. Including each other. Intrigue and action will leave readers on edge until the final, shocking secrets are revealed. This description comes from the publisher. *Supernova* is the third book of the Renegades trilogy, the first of which is *Renegades*.

2019

Renegades

Adventure and adventurers, Revenge, Fiction

**SECRET IDENTITIES.** **EXTRADORDINARY POWERS.** **SHE WANTS VENGEANCE.** **HE WANTS JUSTICE.** NEW FROM MARISSA MEYER, author of the #1 *New York Times*-bestselling series The Lunar Chronicles, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies--humans with extraordinary abilities--who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice--and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both. This description comes from the publisher.

2017

Scarlet

Children's fiction, Science fiction, Missing persons, fiction

"The second book in the [...] Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you've never seen it before, now with new cover art! Our cyborg heroine teams up with two new characters, Scarlet and Wolf, to defend Earth against a wicked space queen. "An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars."-Entertainment Weekly on the Lunar Chronicles "Prince Charming among the cyborgs." -The Wall Street Journal on the Lunar Chronicles Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison-even though she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive if she does-in this second installment from Marissa Meyer. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana. [...]"

2012

Cinder

Wealth, Extraterrestrial beings, Social classes

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, but mostly a forbidden love, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.

2011

Heartless

Love & Romance, Extraterrestrial beings, Fantasy & Magic

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for a woman who could be a queen. At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the King's marriage proposal, she meets handsome and mysterious Jest. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into a secret courtship. Cath is determined to choose her own destiny. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.

2016