Isabelle took out her invitation and waved it like a white flag. "I have an invitation. These"—she indicated the rest of the group with a grand wave of her arm—"are my friends." Magnus plucked the invitation out of her hand and looked at it with fastidious distaste. "I must have been drunk," he said. He threw the door open. "Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests." Jace edged into the doorway, sizing up Magnus with his eyes. "Even if one of them spills a drink on my new shoes?" "Even then." Magnus's hand shot out, so fast it was barely a blur. He plucked the stele out of Jace's hand—Clary hadn't even realized he was holding it—and held it up. Jace looked faintly abashed. "As for this," Magnus said, sliding it into Jace's jeans pocket, "keep it in your pants, Shadowhunter.

While living in Los Angles Clare began writing fan fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. Clare has stated that City of Fallen Angels is actually the start of a second Mortal Instruments cycle which will include two other books named City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. Awards


City of Bones
2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers
Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 2007
An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner 2008
2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers
Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award
A Texas TAYSHAS title 2010
Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
Shortlisted for The North Carolina School Library Media Association Young Adult Book Award
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (Teen) 2010
Iowa High School Book Award Nominee 2009-2010
North Carolina YA Book Award Nominee 2009-2010
New Hampshire Flume Teen Reader’s Choice Award Nominee 2010
Nevada Young Readers’ Award Nominee 2010
Ohio Buckeye Teen Book Award Nominee 2009
Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List Title 2008
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee 2009-2010
Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards


City of ACassandra Clares
A 2009 ALA Teens Top Ten Title


Bibliography


The Mortal Instruments Series
City of Bones (2007)
City of ACassandra Clares (2008)
City of Glass (2009)
City of Fallen Angels (2011)
City of Lost Souls (released 8 May 2012)
City of Heavenly Fire (scheduled March 2014)
City of Fallen Angels City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire were originally a sequel trilogy of The Mortal Instruments.