With a degree in English Literature and a well-known US Today bestselling author, Ann Aguirre has penned down surfeit of books which have attained immense popularity in the United States as well as other continents. Furthermore, Ann Aguirre is also a bestselling author for New York Times and her works have been widely appreciated over the past decade by critics all around the world. Ann Aguirre has taken up various jobs before finally turning into a full-time author. She has served the position of a clerk, clown, saviour of stray kittens and even a voice actress. Ann Aguirre was brought up in a yellow house located across a cornfield but after attaining fame through her published works, she relocated to Sunny Mexico with her family and pets. She has a penchant for action movies and loves to listen to music. But her main penchant lies with books as she specializes in genre fictions for teens as well as adults. Her stream of interests includes romantic science fictions, urban fantasy, paranormal romantic suspense, apocalyptic paranormal romance and dystopian post-apocalyptic young-adult fiction.
Works of Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre started her writing career with the novel “Grimspace” in 2008 which was a science-fiction adventure novel that introduced the character of Sirantha Jax. It was deemed as a “dazzling debut novel” by RT Book Reviews and the book was sold across States and other countries too. This was followed by “Wanderlust” in the same year which was a sequence to the previous novel “Grimspace”. It was rated 4.5 stars by RT Book Reviews making it the second-highest rated novel. The Sirantha Jax series went on till 2012 after four more sequences of the series namely Doubleblind (2009), Killbox (2010), Aftermath (2011) and Endgame (2012) were released.
Infamous Corine Solomon Series
In 2009, Ann Aguirre started the Corine Solomon Series under which, five novels were published under the names Blue Diablo (2009), Hell Fire (2010), Shady Lady (2011), Devil’s Punch (2012) and Agave Kiss (March 2013). Blue Diablo being the first in the series was set in the Southwest US and was a supernatural story. It got 4 stars from RT Book Reviews. Hell Fire was the sequel to Blue Diablo and it was a supernatural conspiracy thriller. The novel was deeply appreciated and praised by Publishers Weekly especially for its atmosphere setting. The characterization of the novel was commendable since each and every character portrayed their role in the best possible manner. Adding to that, Publishers Weekly rated the novel 4 stars for high page-turning quality.
Enclave (2010)
Enclave was written by Ann Aguirre in 2010 especially for teens. Ann demarcated it as a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel that had a very alluring storyline for teens. Critics termed it as “standard post-apocalyptic dystopia” and despite of a few minor quirks, the novel was widely recommended to avid teen as well as adult readers. Publisher Weekly gave a good response on the novel calling it skilled but at the same time, violent. They went on to add that those who were fans of The Hunger Games will definitely strike a chord with the novel. Enclave was deeply praised by RT Book Reviews as well and the novel was shortlisted among the finalists of 2012 RITA Awards for Young Adult Romance. Enclave won the award for Enclave and went on to deliver more of her finest works. Enclave was the first of the Razorland Trilogy with Outpost (September 2012) and Horde (September 2013).
Skin Series (2009)
In this series, the character Ava Grey was born and all the four books of this series have been widely revered by critics all around the world. The first instalment of the series, “Skin Game” came in the year 2009 which received commendable reviews. This was followed by Skin Tight (2010), Skin Heat (2011) and finally Skin Dive (Late 2011). The Skin series of novels by Ann Aguirre were reviewed by many prominent critics who appreciated and praised the style of writing as well as the characterization. It is true that an author has to write in such a way so as to allow the readers to connect with each and every part of the plot and imagine themselves as the leading character of the story. In this way, it is much easier to connect with the whole storyline and this adds to the page-turning quality of the novel.
Ann Aguirre went on to add more feathers to her hat after starting a new series by the name of Dark Age Dawning. Under this series, she released three books in the same year by the name of Nightfall, Midnight and Daybreak. This series was perfect for teens as well as adults since it was based on the apocalyptic romance with the character Ellen Connor. By this time, Ann Aguirre was already a sensation and gained a very popular fan base across US. The Dark Age Dawning series was followed by Apparatus Infernum and a few more short novels.
Short Fiction works of Ann Aguirre
During the course of her career till date, Ann Aguirre not only wrote and successfully published popular novels but also wrote a few short fictions that received positive acclamation from her readers as well as critics. Her first Short Fiction story came out in the year 2009 under the name “Circle Unbroken” which was followed by Princes of Dominion (2010), Skin & Bone (2011), Wild Magic (2011) and Endurance (2012).
Her works no matter what genre, have already received warming responses from her critics as well as her readers owing to the fact that her style of writing is quite alluring. Ann Aguirre is known to present her stories in the most enthralling and fascinating manner which immediately strikes a positive chord with her readers.
Although till date, none of her works have been turned into TV shows but the plotlines are perfect as has been pointed out by few of her avid followers. There were speculations that some studio was deeply interested in turning the Sirantha Jax series of books into a TV series. As per reports, Ann Aguirre herself has been keen to turn her works into TV series. Her plotlines will certainly be perfect for TV shows and this will only add more to her popularity.
A few of her upcoming works are slated to be released in 2014 and 2015.
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