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Zara Hoffman

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Born

in Guangdong, Guangzhou Province, China

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http://zarahoffman.com

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Fiction, Romance, Memoir

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March 2012

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Zara Hoffman is a YA & NA author. She spends most of her time working on her publishing company Inimitable Books, LLC and writing her own novels. When she isn’t wrapped up in projects, Zara can be found relaxing with friends and family, listening to music, reading and writing, or playing with her dog, Riley.

Connect with Zara online on her website, her Ko-fi page, and Instagram.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 101 ratings · 67 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Belgrave Legacy (The Belgrave Legacy, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Belgrave Daughter (The Belgrave Legacy #1A) 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obscure Origin (Stellar Blood, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Blood (Stellar Blood, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Matchmakers 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taming the Alpha (The Belgrave Legacy, #3) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unmoored (The Belgrave Legacy, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Story Collection (The Belgrave Legacy, #0.5) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murderous Mary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curiouser (Fearful Fairytales #6) by Zara Hoffman (Goodreads Author), Emma Higgins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Zara Hoffman

The Belgrave Legacy (3 books)
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Zara Hoffman (Goodreads Author)

3.66 avg rating — 58 ratings

Stellar Blood (3 books)
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Forgive Me (3 books)
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Fearful Fairytales (6 books)
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Emma Higgins

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Zara is Currently Reading

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Two Kinds of Us (Love in Fenton County, #5)

by Sarah Sutton (Goodreads Author)

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Grisha Trilogy (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1-3)

by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)

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The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

by Guy Kawasaki (Goodreads Author)

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“If the dead couldn’t give her a straight answer, and her mother hadn’t seen anything dangerous, she was sure no one—dead or alive—could tell her.”
― Zara Hoffman, The Belgrave Legacy

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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
― Winston S. Churchill

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Teenagers. Everything is so apocalyptic.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

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“High School. Society’s bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life.”
― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

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