Leigh Bardugo
Nato: April 06, 1975 – Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Leigh Bardugo is an Israeli-American novelist known for YA and adult fantasy, especially the Grishaverse books Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows, as well as Ninth House and Hell Bent. A multiple New York Times bestselling author, her work has been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for television.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem in 1975 and raised in Los Angeles, where an early sense of outsidership and a strong attachment to fantasy eventually fed her fiction. She studied English at Yale, an experience that would later resurface in the occult campus world of Ninth House. Before publication, her route to authorship was indirect: she worked in copywriting, advertising, journalism, and makeup and special effects. Those years helped shape the practical cast of mind she has often brought to writing. She emerged not as a prodigy but as a persistent worker, learning that her process depended on structure, outlining, and the willingness to make an imperfect first draft.
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Libri Popolari
Crooked Kingdom
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Broken thieves battle deadly powers-and each other-in impossible heist.
La Novena Casa
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Dark Yale societies hide deadly magic beneath elite privilege.
Rule of Wolves
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Dark magic, royal sacrifice, and war collide in Bardugo's explosive finale.
The Familiar
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Magical servant uncovers deadly court secrets in golden-age Spain.
Crooked Kingdom
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Broken thieves battle deadly powers-and each other-in impossible heist.
La Novena Casa
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Dark Yale societies hide deadly magic beneath elite privilege.
Rule of Wolves
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Dark magic, royal sacrifice, and war collide in Bardugo's explosive finale.
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
Magical servant uncovers deadly court secrets in golden-age Spain.
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Voci della Community
"Leigh Bardugo is a master"
— Kelly Link
"In her Grisha Trilogy, Leigh Bardugo announced herself as a presence to be reckoned with in the world of YA fantasy"
— B&N Reads
"Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three-dimensional you want to reach through the page"
— Diana Gabaldon
"Leigh Bardugo continues to breathe new life into her lush fantasy world"
— Paste
"Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world"
— Joe Hill
"Leigh Bardugo's lush prose rolls off the tongue of narrator Lauren Fortgang in a most magical way"
— The Berkshire Eagle
"Leigh Bardugo has built new and unrecognizable worlds full of evil, darkness and monsters"
— TIME
"In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale"
— Charlaine Harris
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"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
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"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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