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3	Claudia Gray (real name Amy Vincent) is an American author specializing mainly in young adult fiction, in particular paranormal romance and science fiction. Her best known works include the ''Evernight'' series and a number of ''Franchise/StarWars'' novels and short stories set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], including prequels to ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and a prequel focusing on Princess Leia prior ''Film/ANewHope''.
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5	!!Works of Claudia Gray with their own pages include:
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7	* The ''Literature/{{Evernight}}'' series (2008 - 2012)
8	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
9	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsLostStars Lost Stars]]'' (2015)
10	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' (2016)
11	** ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan'' (2017)
12	** ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'', chapter "Master and Apprentice" (2017)
13	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsMasterAndApprentice Master and Apprentice]]'' (2019)
14	** ''[[Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic The High Republic]]'':
15	*** ''[[Literature/StarWarsIntoTheDark Into the Dark]]'' (2021)
16	*** ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' (2022)
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18	!!Her other works include:
19	* ''Love Stories with Bite'': anthology series; both of Gray's stories are set in the ''Evernight'' universe
20	** ''Immortal'', story "Free" (2008)
21	** ''Eternal'', story "Bloodshed" (2010)
22	* ''Vacations from Hell'', story "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" (2009)
23	* ''Fateful'' (2011)
24	* ''Spellcaster'' series
25	** ''Spellcaster'' (2013)
26	** ''The First Midnight Spell'' (2013): Prequel novella
27	** ''Steadfast'' (2014)
28	** ''Sorceress'' (2015)
29	* ''Firebird'' trilogy
30	** ''A Thousand Pieces of You'' (2014)
31	** ''Ten Thousand Skies Above You'' (2015)
32	** ''A Million Worlds Without You'' (2016)
33	* ''Constellation'' trilogy
34	** ''Defy the Stars'' (2017)
35	** ''Defy the Worlds'' (2018)
36	** ''Defy the Fates'' (2019)
37	* ''House of El'': graphic novel series illustrated by Eric Zawadzki
38	** ''The Shadow Threat'' (2021)
39	* ''The Murder of Mr Wickham'' (2022)
40	* ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion: Storm & Shade'' (2023)
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42	!! Tropes associated with the creator and her works:
43	* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: She tends to have multiple projects going on at once; part way through the ''Spellcaster'' series she began writing the ''Firebird'' trilogy, ''and'' she started writing ''Star Wars'' novels around the same time. Immediately after finishing the ''Firebird'' trilogy, she began writing the ''Constellation'' series while simultaneously writing for the ''Star Wars'' EU and working on other projects.
44	* CreatorsOddball: The majority of her work falls easily under the SpeculativeFiction umbrella, with the notable exception of ''The Murder of Mr Wickham'', in which Creator/JaneAusten characters find themselves in an Creator/AgathaChristie style murder mystery. Lots of Gray's novels do involve mysteries, though this one is more of a mundane CozyMystery.
45	* GenreShift: Started out writing {{paranormal romance}} novels, before ending up writing ''Star Wars'' novels and a ''Superman'' graphic novel, although she had started writing sci-fi before that and still generally incorporates similar themes and tones in her books.
46	* GothicHorror: Her early novels (in particular the ''Evernight'' series) are strongly influenced by this genre.
47	* HistoricalFantasy: The 2011 standalone novel ''Fateful'' is set on the ''RMS Titanic''...with werewolves.
48	* HypotheticalCasting: She often does this with her ''Star Wars'' novels (for example, she imagines Senator Ransolm Casterfo as Creator/TomHiddleston and Leia's FirstLove Kier Domadi as Creator/RamiMalek).
49	* LoveAcrossBattlelines: In the ''Constellation'' trilogy, Noemi Vidal is a teen soldier fighting for her colony's independence and falls in love with Abel, a member of Earth's robotic army.
50	* PenName: Her real name is [[TwoFirstNames Amy Vincent]]. She admitted she had no particular reason for choosing to use a pseudonym; she just thought it would be fun to do so. According to her website, the name "Claudia" was inspired by ''Series/IClaudius'', which she's stated is a favorite of hers.
51	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The ''Firebird'' trilogy shares its name with Kathy Tyers' [[Literature/FirebirdTrilogy series]] (originally also a trilogy before being expanded to five books). Both series are in the science fiction genre and prominently feature a romance, but beyond that there's not much similarity (as for the titles' meaning, in Tyers' series it refers to the main protagonist, while in Gray's it refers to technology that's integral to the plot). [[note]]Interestingly, both authors have also written books set in the ''Star Wars Expanded Universe''; Tyers' books are part of the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] continuity[[/note]]
52	* StarCrossedLovers: This trope appears in almost every novel she's ever written, often combined with ForbiddenRomance. Few love interests ever [[OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome get together easily]] and overcoming various obstacles to be together often forms a major part of the plot.
53	* ThemeNaming: The titles of the books in the ''Spellcaster'' series all start with "S" (with the exception of the prequel novella ''The First Midnight Spell''): ''Spellcaster'', ''Steadfast'' and ''Sorceress''.
54	* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: The main conflict of the ''Constellation'' trilogy revolves around the inhabitants of Genesis, a former colony of Earth, fighting for independence.
55	* WriteWhatYouKnow: On her biography, she states she once worked as "an extremely poor waitress"; in ''[[Literature/{{Evernight}} Hourglass]]'', Bianca Olivier also has a brief and disastrous stint as a waitress. Gray also stated she grew up in a small town, which also applies to ''Evernight'''s main heroines, Bianca and Skye.

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