Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvateris an American writer of Young Adult fiction. She currently lives in Virginia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth18 November 1981
CityHarrisonburg, VA
CountryUnited States of America
meaning-something knowing slides
Looking at him like that, I felt like I needed something from him, or somebody, and that probably meant that he also needed something from me, or somebody, but the revelation was like looking at spots on a slide. Knowing that it meant something to somebody wasn't the same as it meaning something to you.
dream would-be good-times
I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.
adventure memorable sea
My most memorable adventure was investigating the chalk cliffs in Yorkshire. While clambering over kelp-covered boulders half-covered by the sea, I fell and smashed my tail bone on one of them.
community bigger feels
I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and writers.
reality choices fantasy
I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.
parent becoming avoiding
Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming a wolf.
crazy eye hair
Grace reached over and began stroking her fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes and let her drive me crazy.
teenage thinking years
I remember [in teenage years] thinking there were a lot of check boxes out there to sort teens into appropriate molds, and they didn't seem to make check boxes for whatever it was that I had grown up into. I definitely explore that a lot in my novels.
thinking rest-of-your-life remember
There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you think you'll remember for the rest of your life, and it's not often they turn out to be the same moment.
kindness should-have people
People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.
knowing hated wanted
I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing they weren't the same thing.
past people perception
I'm fascinated about how past events shape our perception of current events and how they make us the people we are.
stars giants complicated
Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants.
class guy way
I tried to picture her in a class, any class, anywhere on campus, and failed miserably. I pictured her frolicking in a forest glade around some guy she'd just sacrificed to a heathen god. That image worked way better.