Dhonielle Clayton
New York Times bestselling author of the Conjureverse series, the Belles series, Shattered Midnight, the Tiny Pretty Things duology — a Netflix original series — and the board chair of We Need Diverse Books.
Dhonielle Clayton is a publishing industry tastemaker with over 15 years’ experience wearing several hats: prolific author, story proliferator, and literacy non-profit head.
She is the New York Times bestselling author of 15 titles, including the Conjureverse series, the Belles series, Shattered Midnight, co-author and creator of Blackout & Whiteout, The Rumor Game, and of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series.
Her adult debut novel, Conjure the Bones, is forthcoming.
In addition to writing her own novels, she owns and operates two IP story kitchens, Cake Creative and Electric Postcard Entertainment, to develop story ideas for emerging writers to break into the publishing industry. She has ideated, developed, and sold close to 100 original novels to Big Five publishers, spanning all genres within children’s and Young Adult to women’s fiction, adult horror and SFF, contemporary romance, romantasy, mysteries, thrillers, and historical fiction. Some of the titles include the Tristan Strong series, Promise Boys, the Love in Translation series, Fortune’s Kiss, Love Radio, The Lilies, The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter, I’ll Make A Spectacle of You, The Spindle of Fate, the Futureland series, and many more.
She also runs the writing podcast Deadline City with Zoraida Córdova, where she deep-dives her messy process and thoughts about the writing life.
Dhonielle Clayton is a former secondary school teacher and librarian, and graduate-level writing professor. She is Board Chair of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, a non-profit dedicated to diversifying the shelves for readers, and sits on the leadership board for Authors Against Book Bans.
Dhonielle’s Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, and SFF
- Young Adult
- Speculative Fiction
- Romance
- Book Club Fiction
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Conjure the Bones
New York Times and #1 indie bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton's adult debut novel, a romantic contemporary fantasy novel set in New Orleans, about a woman whose magical inheritance is threatened when she is pulled back into a forbidden love.
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Breakout
Trapped at a luxurious resort off the coast of Florida, a group of elite teens are about to have a spring break they will never forget . . . but not all of them are coming home. The star-studded team of authors behind New York Times bestsellers Blackout and Whiteout returns with a thriller full of intrigue, betrayal, and heart-stopping romance.
The Deadly Fates
Return for Year Three at the global magic school in the sky as the fantasy adventure that began in the instant New York Times bestseller The Marvellers continues...
When Ella, Brigit, and Jason return for their third year at the Arcanum Training Institute, they discover a dark plot brewing. Secrets and deception surround the magic school’s founders, and the trio will stop at nothing to find out what really happened to the Institute’s enigmatic Conjure architect.
As they dive deeper into the mystery, it leads them to the Underworld and the Cards of Deadly Fate—a seemingly impenetrable prison full of villains. And worst of all, their old nemesis, Gia Trivelino, awaits them, ready to wreak more havoc.
With tensions between Conjure folks and Marvellers at a fever pitch, the trio must face the living and the dead to get the answers they need to protect their world.
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