Sarah J. Maas

3 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-07

Sarah Janet Maas was born on March 5, 1986, in New York City, and grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College in 2008 with a degree in creative writing and a minor in religious studies. Maas began writing what became her debut novel, Throne of Glass, at age sixteen, posting early chapters on the fiction-sharing site FictionPress.com, where the story attracted a large following. After querying literary agents, she signed with agent Tamar Rydzinski in 2009, and Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Throne of Glass in 2010; it was published in 2012 as the first of seven books. She has since written two further fantasy series set in overlapping worlds, A Court of Thorns and Roses, begun in 2015, and the three-book Crescent City series, published between 2020 and 2024. Her novels have been translated into more than 40 languages, with combined sales exceeding 75 million copies worldwide.

Universe(s)

Books

• Throne of Glass (2012) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• Crown of Midnight (2013) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• Heir of Fire (2014) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• The Assassin's Blade (2014) · Throne of Glass Expanded Canon
• A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) · A Court of Thorns and Roses Core Canon
• Queen of Shadows (2015) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• A Court of Mist and Fury (2016) · A Court of Thorns and Roses Core Canon
• Empire of Storms (2016) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017) · A Court of Thorns and Roses Core Canon
• Tower of Dawn (2017) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• A Court of Frost and Starlight (2018) · A Court of Thorns and Roses Expanded Canon
• Kingdom of Ash (2018) · Throne of Glass Core Canon
• House of Earth and Blood (2020) · Crescent City Core Canon
• A Court of Silver Flames (2021) · A Court of Thorns and Roses Core Canon
• House of Sky and Breath (2022) · Crescent City Core Canon
• House of Flame and Shadow (2024) · Crescent City Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

These are separate, unrelated universes; the totals below are plain sums of already-published per-universe facts, never a blended or averaged score across them. See each universe's own figures above.

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 14 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 5 (5 won)

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