Victoria Schwab

"I grew up wanting the world to be strange, stranger than it was. It's the reason why I'm always drawn to the speculative and supernatural. It gives me a chance to write the world stranger than it is. I like the freedom of it. I treat fantasy as a metaphor; I love to give physical shape and face and concrete form to an idea. [...] It allows me to ask very complicated 'what if' questions in very exciting, plot-active ways. It's like I want to ask the really deep questions but ask them in a way where you don't realize you are being challenged until you are in the book."

- Victoria Schwab

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab is an American author who writes adult novels under V.E. Schwab and young adult and middle-grade novels under Victoria Schwab.

Personal life
On May 1, 2018, Schwab held the annual J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature in Pembroke College, Oxford. Her speech was titled "In Search of Doors."

The Archived trilogy

 * The Archived (2013)
 * The Unbound (2014)
 * Leave the Window Open (2015)
 * The Returned (publication unknown)

Everyday Angel trilogy

 * New Beginnings (2014)
 * Second Chances (2014)
 * Last Wishes (2014)

Monsters of Verity duology

 * This Savage Song (2016)
 * Our Dark Duet (2017)

City of Ghosts series

 * City of Ghosts (2018)

Standalone novels

 * The Near Witch (2011)
 * The Ash-Born Boy (2012)
 * Spirit Animals: Broken Ground (2015)
 * "Fairy tale" novel

Villains duology

 * Vicious (2013)
 * Warm Up (2013)
 * Vengeful (2018)

Shades of Magic trilogy

 * A Darker Shade of Magic (2015)
 * A Gathering of Shadows (2016)
 * A Conjuring of Light (2017)

Threads of Power trilogy

 * Untitled #1 (2019)
 * Untitled #2 (2020)
 * Untitled #3

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince
A comic series illustrated by Andrea Olimpieri.
 * Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince, Vol. 1 (2019)

Standalone novels

 * The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue (2019)
 * Black Tabs
 * "Magical secret" novel

Other works

 * Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy: "Death Knell" (2017)
 * (Don't) Call Me Crazy (2018)
 * Additionally, Schwab will release four secret project books between 2018 and 2020.

Trivia

 * Schwab's favorite variety tea is English Breakfast in the morning. While in the evening, her favourite is jasmine or mint green tea. She despises Earl Grey Tea which she calls an "imposter."