Behind it’s garish front cover lies a beautiful coming of age tale. This is around the fifth time I’ve re-read Book of Shadows now if not more. It never disappoints!ĭue to my recent reading slump I decided to go back to an old favourite, Book of Shadows the first novel in the Sweep/Wicca series, a set of books very dear to my own heart, coming second only to Harry Potter. While not a Wiccan herself, she asserts that she "can really relate to Wicca", and appreciates its "woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity." Īfter five years in New Orleans, Charbonnet moved to Durham, North Carolina, where she now lives with her husband Paul, two children, two stepsons, a poodle, and "an unfortunate number of cats." Ĭharbonnet has written about 75 books under her own name, her pseudonym Cate Tiernan, and miscellaneous other pen names as a ghost writer.Overall Impression: A fantastic first book full of magic, mystery and discovery. Īfter eight years in New York, Charbonnet and her husband moved back to New Orleans, where they began a family (two children) and she embarked on her Sweep series. She also participated in the editing of The Secret Circle by L.J. She began her career as an assistant to the head of the Juvenile Audio and Video department at Random House in New York City, where she wrote her first children's books. She began her college education at New York University studying writing and Russian language and literature, then transferred to Loyola University in New Orleans, where she graduated with a degree in Russian. Biography Ĭharbonnet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961. In 20, Charbonnet collaborated with author James Patterson on two "young adult" novels, Sundays at Tiffany's and Witch & Wizard. Under her own name, she is chiefly known for children's books in the Princess, American Gold Gymnasts, and Disney Girls series.
The stories are sold as the Wicca series in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Australia, and as White Magic ( Magie Blanche) in Italy and France. Writing as Cate Tiernan, she is best known for her Sweep series, which follows the Wiccan adventures of a cast of high school students. Cate Tiernan (born July 24, 1961) is the pen name of Gabrielle Charbonnet, an American author.
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