Jacqueline Carey<\/a> is the author of the Kushiel’s Legacy <\/em>series.\u00a0 Her world of Terre d’Ange and its celebration of the Longest Night are the inspiration and guiding forces behind our weekend of events.<\/p>\n

Ms. Carey’s other creations include Miranda and Caliban<\/a>, <\/em>The Sundering<\/em> epic fantasy duology Banewreaker<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Godslayer<\/a>,\u00a0 <\/em>postmodern fables Santa Olivia<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Saints Astray, <\/a><\/em>the\u00a0Agent of Hel<\/a><\/em> contemporary fantasy series, and the epic standalone fantasy Starless<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0 Her most recent creation, Cassiel’s Servant<\/i><\/a>, which tells the story of\u00a0Kushiel’s Dart<\/em> from the perspective of Jocelin Verreuil, will be released in August 2023.<\/p>\n

Ms. Carey’s world building is second to none and, if you have not already, we strongly encourage you to settle in with any her books (and then keep reading until you have finished every single one).\u00a0 A word of caution: you will find the time disappearing as you get lost in her extensive universes.<\/p>\n

Ms. Carey makes her home in Michigan, but travels the globe – a fact quite obvious from her works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jacqueline Carey is the author of the Kushiel’s Legacy series.\u00a0 Her world of Terre d’Ange and its celebration of the Longest Night are the inspiration and guiding forces behind our weekend of events. Ms. Carey’s other creations include Miranda and Caliban, The Sundering epic fantasy duology Banewreaker\u00a0and\u00a0Godslayer,\u00a0 postmodern fables Santa Olivia\u00a0and\u00a0Saints Astray, the\u00a0Agent of Hel … Continue reading Jacqueline Carey – Our Author<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9RTZw-7K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2009,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/the-masque\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":0},"title":"Our Event","date":"February 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\"It has always been the role of Cereus House, the First, to host the Midwinter Masque.\u00a0 On the Longest Night, the doors to all the other Houses are closed, their walls emptied, for everyone comes to Cereus House.\u00a0 No patrons are welcomed, save those who bear the token of Naamah,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0E7A7971-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2973,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/costumes\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":1},"title":"Costumes","date":"August 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"We wore sheer tunics of gossamer to mimic the effect of snow drifting in the wind, with dagged sleeves beaded in glass that hung down like icicles...Simple white dominos edged in silver...masked our faces, and we wore only a touch of carmine on the lips for colour.\u00a0 An apprentice ribbonnaire\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/o_1be63nb3kk1qr28k6o4ga8jgk4-5-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3042,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/history\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":2},"title":"History","date":"September 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"So Elua; so Terre d'Ange, land of my birth and my soul.\u00a0 For three-score years, Blessed Elua and those who followed him...made to dwell here.\" ~ Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's\u00a0Dart Our Masque takes places in the land of Terre d'Ange, it exists in a world outside of true time and does\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":645,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/night-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":3},"title":"The Court of Night Blooming Flowers","date":"April 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"..to those who have never seen the Night Court in all its splendour, I say: I weep for you. I have gone farther than I ever reckoned from my birthplace, and I have attended grand functions at the royal court, but nowhere else have I seen such exultation in beauty,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2713,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/about-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":4},"title":"About Us","date":"March 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"My grandfather's Heaven is bloodless and I am not. Let him offer a better place, where we may love and sing and grow as we are wont, where our children and our children's children may join us, and I will go.\" ~ Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart The Longest Night Midwinter\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20190105_200740-rotated.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2474,"url":"https:\/\/thelongestnightmasque.com\/our-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":480,"position":5},"title":"Our Story","date":"February 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"SPOILER WARNING: This page may contain spoilers for the nine books of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy\u00a0series. The Longest Night draws near. 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