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V E Schwab

A pseudonym used by Victoria Schwab

Victoria Schwab is an American fantasy author best known for her 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and for her children's and young adult fiction published under the name Victoria Schwab.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy

New and upcoming books

June 2025

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Series

Villains
   0.5. Warm Up (2013)
   1. Vicious (2013)
   2. Vengeful (2018)

Shades of Magic
   1. A Darker Shade of Magic (2015)
   2. A Gathering of Shadows (2016)
   3. A Conjuring of Light (2017)

Monsters of Verity
1. This Savage Song (2016)
2. Our Dark Duet (2017)

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince
   1. The Steel Prince (2018)
   2. Night of Knives (2019)
   3. The Rebel Army (2019)

ExtraOrdinary
1. ExtraOrdinary (2021)

Fragile Threads of Power
1. The Fragile Threads of Power (2023)

Novels

   The Near Witch (2011)
   The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020)
   Gallant (2022)
   Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (2025)

Series contributed to

Tor.Com Original
Warm Up (2013)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by V E Schwab

A Universe of Wishes (2020)
A We Need Diverse Books Anthology
edited by
Dhonielle Clayton

Vampires Never Get Old (2020)
(Untold Legends, book 1)
edited by
Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C Parker

Award nominations

	2023 Ray Bradbury Prize (nominee) : The Fragile Threads of Power
	2022 Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel (nominee) : Gallant
	2022 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Gallant
	2021 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
	2021 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
	2017 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : This Savage Song

V E Schwab recommends

Eat the Ones You Love (2025)
Sarah Maria Griffin
"Deliciously strange, delightfully wicked... Griffin thrives in the liminal space between genres, throwing out roots and blooming in weird and wonderful ways."

Our Infinite Fates (2025)
Laura Steven
"Impossible to put down."

Be Sure: Wayward Children: Books 1-3 (2023)
(Wayward Children)
Seanan McGuire
"One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read."

The Wishing Game (2023)
Meg Shaffer
"Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we've grown up."

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (2023)
Roshani Chokshi
"Chokshi's tale is as sweet as a piece of fairy fruit, and just as wicked. Every bite is velvet, every swallow is gold, and the taste lingers like a fever dream."

The Night Ship (2022)
Jess Kidd
"Kidd's latest weaves a spell around the reader, transporting them across centuries, between a doomed ship and a dying island. The result is a true work of magic, and one that will haunt me for years."

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (2022)
(Starmetal Symphony, book 1)
Alex White
"A clever fusion of magic and sci-fi makes this book a total blast. I was hooked from page one."

Our Crooked Hearts (2022)
Melissa Albert
"EVERY LINE READS LIKE AN INCANTATION, and the result is a book pulsing with magic, one that holds the reader firmly under its spell."

Book Lovers (2022)
Emily Henry
"Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet. The prose is effortless, the characters charming. The only downside is reaching the end."

Real Easy (2022)
Marie Rutkoski
"Rutkoski is that rare gem: a writer whose prose is as splendid as her plotting. The result is a taut thriller with the potency of a poem, a propulsive story at once brutal, elegant, and impossible to put down."

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (2021)
Zoraida Córdova
"An expertly woven tale of family power, threaded with as much mystery as magic. This book is simply exquisite."

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (2020)
(Left-Handed Booksellers of London, book 1)
Garth Nix
"This is my favorite kind of tale, one where the magic and the real nest together like pages in a book. A delightful read."

Harrow the Ninth (2020)
(Locked Tomb, book 2)
Tamsyn Muir
"Unlike anything I've ever read. Muir's writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, and just as unsettling."

The Emperor's Blades (2013)
(Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, book 1)
Brian Staveley
"A spectacular adventure, by turns elegant and brutal, and one I couldn't put down. "The Emperor s Blades"is expertly crafted and wickedly sharp."

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