Martha McPhee is a successful fiction writer and has released seven books since her first book, “Bright Angel Time,” was released in 1997. She is also a creative writing professor of 21 years at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York. McPhee, born in 1964, grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with four biological sisters. After her parents divorced, they both remarried someone with children, leading McPhee to become one of 14 children. McPhee later married Mark Svenvold, a poet and professor, and has two children. 

From Thursday, March 28, to Sunday, March 31, “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” tour based on the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series, took the stage at the Beacon Theatre, creating an atmosphere mixed with excitement and anxiety.

Cassandra Clare has done it again. Her newest novel, titled “Queen of Air and Darkness,” has, in short, given readers exactly what they were hoping for.