De la Cruz, Melissa

In 1985, the Melissa family moved to San Francisco , where she graduated from a Catholic school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Then she lived in New York. She graduated from Columbia University (majoring in English, art history), collaborated as a journalist and editor in fashion and beauty publications, including Cosmopolitan , Harper's Bazaar , Marie Claire ; in her novels, mention is often made of fashion and style, the clothes of the heroes are described in detail. In 2001, she published her first novel, Cat's Meow. The most famous for her brought a series of vampires "Blue Blood" (Blue Bloods). Melissa now lives in New York and Los Angeles with her husband Mike Johnston (he is a co-author of her last book) and daughter ^[2] .

The Blue Blood series talks about the life of vampires ("blue blood") in modern New York. The heroine, Schuyler (Skyler) van Alen ^[3] - a descendant of one of the families of the first settlers in the United States, who were vampires. The author connects the appearance in the USA of vampires with the mysterious history of the deceased colony of Roanoke .

Schuyler is studying at the Duchenes Closed School (in the Russian translation erroneously, “Duchesne”), many of whose students, as it turns out, are vampires. The heroine will not only learn the history of her family, but also fight with the vampires of the Silver Blood: they do not recognize vampire laws and kill other vampires in order to take away their strength. “Blue Blood” is described in the books of the series as a physical feature of vampires. At the moment, the series consists of eight novels and a storybook:

• Blue Bloods
• Masquerade
• Revelations
• Legacy of the Van Alenov (The Van Alen legacy)
• Secret Archives of Blue Blood
• The Misguided Angel
• Love on Blood (Bloody Valentine) - Three Stories from a Series
• Lost in Time
• Wolf contract
• Gates of Paradise

The heroes of this series of books are representatives of the Boshan family - Joanna and her two daughters - Ingrid and Freya and Joanna's sister, Wendy. They live in a small town on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. All three women are powerful witches who are forbidden to use magic. Joanna knows how to heal and even resurrect people, Ingrid predicts the future, Freya heals heart sorrows. Everything changes when Freya enters into an engagement with the mysterious rich man Bran Gardiner.

• Witches of the East Coast (Witches of East End)
• Kiss of the Snake (Serpent's Kiss)
• Winds of Salem

Based on the books, the series “ East End Witches ” was shot.

Melissa de la Cruz is the author of several series of novels about the lives of teenage schoolchildren, including “ Au Pair ” (The Au Pairs), “Ashley” (The Ashleys) ^[4] . Melissa de la Cruz is currently working on a series in the dystopian genre Heart of Dread . The first book in the series, Icing, was published in September 2013.

Blue Blood

• Melissa de la Cruz. Blue blood. M., 2009 ISBN 978-5-699-38377-1
• Melissa de la Cruz. Masquerade. M., 2010 ISBN 978-5-699-39446-3
• Melissa de la Cruz. Revelation. M., 2010 ISBN 978-5-699-40597-8
• Melissa de la Cruz. The Legacy of Van Alenov. M., 2010 ISBN 978-5-699-42330-9
• Melissa de la Cruz. Secret Archives of Blue Blood. M., 2011 ISBN 978-5-699-48931-2
• Melissa de la Cruz. Lost Angel M., 2011 ISBN 978-5-699-52242-2
• Melissa de la Cruz. Love is in the blood. M., 2011 ISBN 978-5-699-51338-3
• Melissa de la Cruz. Lost in time. M., 2012 ISBN 978-5-699-59814-4
• Melissa de la Cruz. Wolf Contract

The Bosch family

• Melissa de la Cruz. Witches from the east coast. M., 2013. ISBN 978-5-699-63858-1

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