Andrea Cremer spent her childhood daydreaming while roaming the forests and lakeshores of Northern Wisconsin. She now lives in Minnesota, but she thinks of her homeland as the “Canadian Shield” rather than the Midwest. She went to school until there wasn't any more school to go to, ending up with a Ph.D. in early modern history - a reflection of her fascination with witchcraft and warfare. When she’s not writing, Andrea teaches history at Macalester College in St. Paul.

In the little spare time she can find, Andrea stares up at trees, rescues infant rabbits from predatory cats, and invents names for pug puppies with her husband. She has an unfortunate tendency to spill things – white carpets beware!

Author of the New York Times bestselling Nightshade series (Philomel).

NIGHTSHADE (Philomel, October 19, 2010) www.nightshadebook.com
While other teenage girls daydream about boys, Calla Tor imagines ripping out her enemies’ throats. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Calla was born a warrior and on her eighteenth-birthday she’ll become the alpha female of the next generation of Guardian wolves. But Calla’s predestined path veers off course the moment she saves the life of a wayward hiker, a boy her own age. This human boy’s secret will turn the young pack's world upside down and forever alter the outcome of the centuries-old Witches' War that surrounds them all.

WOLFSBANE (Philomel, July 26, 2011)
Betrayal, loss, pain, fear. How many trials can love survive?

BLOODROSE (Philomel, January 3, 2012)
Is true love worth the ultimate sacrifice?

RIFT: NIGHTSHADE ORIGINS (Philomel, Fall 2012)

THE INVISIBILITY CURSE with David Levithan (Philomel, Spring 2013)

RISE: NIGHTSHADE ORIGINS (Philomel, Summer 2013)

THE INVENTOR'S SECRET (Philomel, Fall 2013)