1. Leigh Bardugo is best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, which include the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies.
15 Facts About Leigh Bardugo
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Leigh Bardugo received acclaim for her paranormal fantasy adult debut, Ninth House.
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The Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series have been adapted into Shadow and Bone by Netflix, and Ninth House will be adapted by Amazon Studios; Bardugo is an executive producer on both works.
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Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, on April 6,1975, and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where she was raised by her grandparents.
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Leigh Bardugo describes herself as Jewish-Spanish on one side, Russian and Lithuanian on the other.
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Leigh Bardugo attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in English in the spring of 1997.
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Leigh Bardugo was a member of the Wolf's Head secret society.
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Leigh Bardugo then wrote the first book in the DC Icons series, which are novelizations of DC Comics' biggest superheroes; her novel, Wonder Woman: Warbringer, was published by Penguin Random House in 2017.
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Leigh Bardugo has essays and short stories in anthology collections such as Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life, Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Summer Days and Summer Nights.
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Leigh Bardugo's books have been translated into 22 languages and published in over 50 countries.
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Leigh Bardugo appeared on a Grishaverse panel alongside showrunner Heisserer at New York Comic Con in October 2020.
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Leigh Bardugo was ranked the sixth most popular author between 2016 and 2021 on Goodreads.
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Leigh Bardugo made a cameo appearance in episode three of Shadow and Bone.
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Leigh Bardugo is set to executive produce the project alongside Pouya Shahbazian.
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Leigh Bardugo was a singer in the band Captain Automatic from 2006 to 2007.