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Jacqueline Carey

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Highland Park, Illinois, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance

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Jacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and novelist, primarily of fantasy fiction.

She attended Lake Forest College, receiving B.A.'s in psychology and English literature. During college, she spent 6 months working in a bookstore as part of a work exchange program. While there, she decided to write professionally. After returning she started her writing career while working at the art center of a local college. After ten years, she discovered success with the publication of her first book in 2001.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 315,798 ratings · 17,552 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 81,004 ratings — published 2001 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 40,488 ratings — published 2002 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 36,716 ratings — published 2003 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kushiel's Scion (Imriel's Trilogy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 22,104 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kushiel's Justice (Imriel's Trilogy, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 19,404 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kushiel's Mercy (Imriel's Trilogy, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 17,843 ratings — published 2008 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naamah's Kiss (Naamah Trilogy, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 14,583 ratings — published 2009 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 11,150 ratings — published 2010 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naamah's Blessing (Naamah Trilogy, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 10,261 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santa Olivia (Santa Olivia, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,113 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kushiel's Universe (9 books)
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Kushiel's Legacy (6 books)
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Jacqueline Carey wants to read Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Best Nonfiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jacqueline Carey wants to read The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants by Karen Bakker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jacqueline Carey wants to read The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“All knowledge is worth having.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart

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“Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen

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“That which yields is not always weak.”
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Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

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Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

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A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

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A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl

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God Says No by James Hannaham

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We Watch the Waves Unravelling the Mystery of a Father's Death by Susan Riley

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What We Remember by Michael Thomas Ford

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