Victoria Elizabeth "V. E." Schwab is an American author. She has written as both "Victoria Schwab" and "V. E. Schwab".
Literature
Adult
- The Villains Series (2013)
- Shades of Magic series (2015)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020)
Young adult
- The Near Witch (2011)
- The Dark Vault series (2013)
- Monsters Of Verity series (2016)
- "Death Knell", Because You Love To Hate Me (2017)
- "First Kill", Vampires Never Get Old Tales With Fresh Bite (2020)
- Gallant (2022)
Middle grade
- Everyday Angel series (2014)
- Cassidy Blake series (2018)
Other
- These Dark Things (2010): Contributing writer
- "How Bestselling Author V.E. Schwab Finally Found the Words to Come Out of the Closet"
(2020) (narrative essay)
Television
- First Kill (2022): Creator, executive producer, screenwriter
Provides examples of:
- Moustache de Plume: Part of the reason she started writing as "V. E. Schwab" was to conceal her gender.
- Pen Name: She has written as both "Victoria Schwab" and "V. E. Schwab". Up til 2022, generally the former was for young adult and middle grade and the latter for adult. This was partly to make it harder for her younger readers to stumble across her adult fiction, and partly to conceal her gender from those less willing to try a book by a woman. In 2022, she announced on her website that all her books going forward would be published under the "V. E." name so as to separate her personal identity from her persona as an author.
