Awards and honors Ĭhima's books have received starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and VOYA, among others. The series was never finished because the Heir Chronicles were picked up for publication, but the world of Star-Marked Warder was adapted for Chima's young adult high fantasy series Seven Realms (set a generation before) and Shattered Realms (refocusing the story on teenagers). While she was shopping around The Warrior Heir, she began a high fantasy series for adults called Star-Marked Warder. Her efforts ended up becoming The Warrior Heir. When her sons were in their teens, she began writing again. įrom 2004–2009, she was an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Akron before leaving to write full-time. Chima was also a freelance contributor to The Plain Dealer ( Cleveland, Ohio) and other local and regional publications, focusing on health-related topics and personal essays about family life. Prior to becoming a novelist, Chima was a clinical dietitian and filled several clinical management and leadership roles at the Cleveland Clinic and The MetroHealth System in Cleveland, where she directed the Clinical Nutrition Department and established the Diabetes Self-Management Program.
She received her master's degree in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in 1984. She graduated from the University of Akron in 1975 with a BA in Philosophy, and in 1981 received a post-baccalaureate in Nutrition. Her fortune-telling grandmother and the Celtic magical beliefs in her native Jackson County heavily influenced her writing. She began writing in high school before stopping to focus instead on college. She is currently in the middle of another series, Shattered Realms, set in the same world a generation later those books have been published yearly since 2016.Ĭinda Williams was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1952. Her young adult high fantasy series Seven Realms was published between 20. Her Heir Chronicles young adult contemporary fantasy series was originally published by Hyperion from 2006 to 2008, with two more installments in 20. The Heir Chronicles and The Seven Realms SeriesĬinda Williams Chima (born 1952) is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fantasy, best known for The Heir Chronicles, The Seven Realms and The Shattered Realm series.
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