P. C. Cast Explained

Birth Date:30 April 1960[1]
Birth Place:Watseka, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Writer
Language:English
Notableworks:House of Night series (co-author)
Children:Kristin Cast

Phyllis Christine Cast[2] (born April 30, 1960) is an American romance/fantasy author, known for the House of Night series she writes and her daughter Kristin Cast edits, as well as her own Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.[3]

Career

On her own, P. C. Cast is known for her Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series. Her first book, Goddess by Mistake, originally published in 2001, won the Prism, Holt Medallion, and Laurel Wreath awards, and was a finalist for the National Readers' Choice Award; her subsequent books have also won a variety of prizes.[4]

In 2005, she and her daughter began co-writing the House of Night series.[5] In the wake of the current popularity of vampire fiction led by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, the Casts' books have enjoyed substantial and increasing critical and commercial success,[6] [7] and in March 2009, the fifth book in their series, Hunted, opened at number one on the best-seller lists of USA Today[8] and The Wall Street Journal.

According to P. C. Cast, the concept for the House of Night novels came from her agent, who suggested the theme "vampire finishing school."[9] The books take place in an alternative universe version of Tulsa, Oklahoma inhabited by both humans and "vampyres" (Cast uses this alternative spelling in the books, explaining it as a choice she made "just 'cause I like the way it looks"[10]). The protagonist, Zoey Redbird, age 16, is "marked" as a "fledgling" and moves to the "House of Night" school to undergo her transformation.

In November 2008, Variety reported that producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah S. Chechik had obtained an option to acquire the motion picture rights in the House of Night series.[11] No film resulted from this, and in November 2011, it was announced that the film rights had been acquired by producer Samuel Hadida's company, Davis Films.[12] [13]

Personal life

Born in Watseka, Illinois,[14] Cast now lives in Oregon. She also lived in Tulsa where she taught high school English[15] and where her daughter was a student at the University of Tulsa.[3]

Influence

One of Cast's former students is horror journalist and novelist Preston Fassel, who calls Cast his "earliest writing mentor" and cites her as an influence on his novel Our Lady of the Inferno.[16]

Published works

Goddess Summoning

  1. Goddess of the Sea, Berkley, 2003 .
  2. Goddess of Spring, Berkley, 2004
  3. Goddess of Light, Berkley, 2005
  4. Goddess of the Rose, Berkley, 2006
  5. Goddess of Love, Berkley, 2007
  6. Warrior Rising, Berkley, 2008
    • Goddess of Troy, 2011 [Reissue of Warrior Rising]
  7. Goddess of Legend, Berkeley, 2010

Partholon

The Divine Series (also known as the Partholon Series) was Cast's earliest work, with the first entry, Goddess by Mistake, published in 2001 by the independent press Hawk Publishing. The series follows Shannon Parker, a high school English teacher from Oklahoma who swaps places with Rhiannon, a High Priestess of the goddess Epona from Partholon, a quasi-Greco-Celtic parallel world/dimension populated by humans, centaurs, and monsters known as Fomorians. Following Cast's later success, the original entry was rereleased under the title Divine by Mistake, and followed by a sequel, Divine by Choice, in 2006. Two further entries in the series followed in 2007 and 2009.

  1. Divine by Mistake or Goddess by Mistake, August 28, 2001
    • Elphame's Choice, November 24, 2004
    • Brighid's Quest, November 29, 2005
  2. Divine by Choice , November 21, 2006
  3. Divine by Blood , August 28, 2007
  4. Divine Beginnings , October 1, 2009 [Series Prequel]

House of Night

See main article: article and House of Night.

  1. Marked, St. Martin's Press May 1, 2007
  2. Betrayed, St. Martin's Press October 2, 2007
  3. Chosen, St. Martin's Press March 4, 2008
  4. Untamed, St. Martin's Press September 23, 2008
  5. Hunted, St. Martin's Press March 10, 2009
  6. Tempted, St. Martin's Press October 27, 2009
  7. Burned, St. Martin's Press April 27, 2010
  8. Awakened, St. Martin's Press January 4, 2011
  9. Destined, St. Martin's Press October 25, 2011
    • Lenobia's Vow, St. Martin's Press January 31, 2012 [Novella]
  10. Hidden, St. Martin's Press October 16, 2012
    • Neferet's Curse, St. Martin's Press February 19, 2013 [Novella]
  11. Revealed, St. Martin's Press October 15, 2013
    • Kalona's Fall, St. Martin's Press, July 29, 2014 [Novella]
  12. Redeemed, St. Martin's Press, October 14, 2014

House of Night: Other World

  1. Loved, Blackstone Publishing, July 11, 2017
  2. Lost, Blackstone Publishing, July 10, 2018
  3. Forgotten, Blackstone Publishing, October 29, 2019
  4. Found, Blackstone Publishing, July 7, 2020

Related Books

Time Raiders

See main article: article and Time Raiders.

Tales of a New World

  1. Moon Chosen[17], October 18, 2016
  2. Sun Warrior, October 17, 2017
  3. Wind Rider, October 16, 2018

Dysasters

  1. The Dysasters, February 26, 2019
  2. The Rage of Storms, TBA

Dysasters: Graphic Novel

  1. The Dysasters: A Graphic Novel, Wednesday Books, February 25, 2020

Sisters of Salem

  1. Spells Trouble, St. Martin's, May 25, 2021
  2. Omens Bite, St. Martin's (ISBN 9781250765666), April 5, 2022

Anthologies and collections

After Moonrise, Harlequin, October 23, 2012

Mysteria

Mysteria, Berkley, July 5, 2006

Mysteria Lane, Berkley, October 7, 2008

Mysteria Nights, Berkley, July 5, 2011 [Omnibus Reissue]

Accidental Magic, Berkley, September 4, 2012

Love Stories with Bite, Edited by P.C. Cast

Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, BenBella Books, August 1, 2008

Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite, BenBella Books, November 2, 2010

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A38KDFC88ZV6H8 Zi de nastere
  2. Vit Wagner, "Fame's at stake for Cast of two: Mother and daughter team's vampire formula", Toronto Star, March 29, 2009.
  3. Constance Drogranes,"Vampire love spikes in new book 'Hunted'", CTV News, March 26, 2009.
  4. http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=1164 P.C. Cast
  5. Alexandra Alter, "Young Blood: Vampires go to finishing school in a mother-daughter team's best seller", The Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2009.
  6. Fiona Purdon, "Teens Find New Dark Tales to Satisfy their Twilight Craving", The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia), March 21, 2009.
  7. Carol Memmott, "'Twilight' Brings Supernatural Fiction to Life, Boosts Genre", USA Today, March 10, 2009.
  8. https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-03-18-book-buzz_N.htm "Book buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing"
  9. Ryan Dahlgren, "Oklahoma author: P.C. Cast", at Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers website (retrieved July 6, 2009).
  10. https://www.amazon.com/Hunted-House-Night-Book-5/dp/product-description/031237982X "An Interview with P.C. Cast"
  11. Michael Fleming, "Producers building 'House of Night': Vampire novels acquired by Birnbaum, Chechik", Variety, November 17, 2008.
  12. Web site: PC Cast's Blog. MOVIE NEWS! (Finally!). 5 November 2011.
  13. Andrew Stewart, "Davis Films bites for 'Night': Vampire book series eyed for bigscreen franchise", Variety, November 2, 2011.
  14. Jason Ashley Wright, "Spell 'Casting': Author P.C. Cast Weaves a Fantastical Incantation over Readers", Tulsa World, September 24, 2006.
  15. James D. Watts, Jr.,"The Break of 'Night'", Tulsa World, September 21, 2008.
  16. https://elizagalesinterviews.com/2017/01/22/an-interview-with-writer-preston-fassel/Gale, Eliza. An Interview with Writer Preston Fassel. Eliza Gale Interviews. Retrieved 24 January 2017
  17. Biedenharn. Isabella. P.C. Cast's 'Moon Chosen' cover and excerpt. Entertainment Weekly. 22 March 2016. 20 December 2016.

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