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'''Vivian Vande Velde''' (born [[1951]], [[Rochester, New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] who writes books primarily aimed at young adults.

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Vande Velde's works are does not typically [[novel]]s and [[Short story|short-story]] collections, which usually have some element of horror or fantasy, but are primarily humorous. Her book ''[[Never Trust a Dead Man]]'' (1999) received the 2000 [[Edgar Award]] in the Best Young Adult category. She says in the introduction to ''[[Curses, Inc.]]'' (the collection, not the story itself) that she has been constantly trying to write a book called ''A Witch's Brew'', but that every time she does someone or other tries to change it. She also says that she uses this as a "motivational tool" to help her keep writing; she claims she has a thing for writing books ''not'' called ''A Witch's Brew''.

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== List of books ==

I also have [[:es:Usuario:Gothbag|my own article]] on the [[:es:Portada|Spanish version of Wikipedia]].

=== Novels (in chronological order)===

*''[[A Hidden Magic]]''

*''[[A Well-Timed Enchantment]]''

*''[[User Unfriendly (novel)|User Unfriendly]]''

*''[[Dragon's Bait]]''

*''[[Companions of the Night]]''

*''[[The Conjurer Princess]]''

*''[[The Changeling Prince]]''

*''[[Smart Dog]]''

*''[[Ghost of a Hanged Man]]''

*''[[A Coming Evil]]''

*''[[Never Trust a Dead Man]]''

*''[[There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around]]''

*''[[Troll Teacher]]''

*''[[Magic Can Be Murder]]''

*''[[Alison, Who Went Away]]''

*''[[Heir Apparent (novel)|Heir Apparent]]''

*''[[Witch's Wishes]]''

*''[[Wizard at Work]]''

*''[[Now You See It . . .]]''

*''[[The Book of Mordred]]''

*''[[Witch Dreams]]''

*''[[Three Good Deeds]]''

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=== Short-story collections ===

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*''[[Once Upon a Test: Three Light Tales of Love]]''

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*''[[Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird]]''

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*''[[Curses, Inc.]]''

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*''[[The Rumpelstiltskin Problem]]''

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*''[[Being Dead]]''

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*''[[All Hallow's Eve (anthology)|All Hallow's Eve]]''

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==Note about Sequels==

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<blockquote>I truly appreciate the mail that I get asking for further adventures for many of my characters. I'm honored that you like them well enough that you want to spend more time with them.

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However... As much as I enjoy all (well, most of) my characters, once I finish a story, I want to move on to other people in other situations. Once a book has been published and out for a while, with readers deciding for themselves what happens after the end of the story, it hardly seems fair for the author to come back and say, Nope, you're all wrong—THIS is what happened next.

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Besides that, one of the reasons I became a writer was because I enjoyed mentally writing sequels to books I didn't want to end. (Or I made up new endings for stories I felt ended the wrong way.) It's an interesting exercise that you might enjoy.

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Meanwhile, I won't say that I'll never write a sequel to any of my stories. But I have no plans to at the moment. [http://www.vivianvandevelde.com/sequels.cfm Vivian Vande Velde's Website (page about sequels)]</blockquote>

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==Books Linked Together==

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Although she hasn't created any sequels, she has made a few books that are linked together.

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* ''[[User Unfriendly (novel)|User Unfriendly]]'' and ''[[Heir Apparent (novel)|Heir Apparent]]''

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* ''[[The Changeling Prince]]'' and ''[[The Conjurer Princess]]''

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==External links==

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* [http://www.VivianVandeVelde.com Her Web site]

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[[Category:1951 births|Vande Velde, Vivian]]

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