1 rating | 1 review | avg rating:5.00

more photos (1)

Caroline Stevermer’s Followers (287)

Caroline’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (1)

Caroline’s Friends

Caroline hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.

Caroline Stevermer

Goodreads Author

Born

The United States

Website

http://members.authorsguild.net/carolinestev/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

Member Since

February 2020

edit data

(from website)
Caroline Stevermer grew up miles from anywhere on a dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota. She has a sister and two brothers. After high school, she attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. degree in the history of art. She knew she wanted to be a writer when she was eight years old. She began by writing stories in her school notebooks. (They were not good. Many were not even finished. She persisted.)

By the time she graduated from college, she knew she would need to earn money in other ways, but she kept on writing. Her first professional sale was published by Ace in 1980. In the years since, she has had a variety of jobs and kept on writing. She likes libraries and museums. Her favorite painter is Ni ...more

47 posts
Caroline Stevermer's Blog

I can't follow a recipe...

Okay, I guess it was lucky that today I had a trial run of the recipe I'm going to make on Saturday.

In my defense, I didn't know Brussels sprouts could do that.

View more on Caroline Stevermer's website »

3 likes · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on February 11, 2015 18:36

View all 47 posts »

Combine Editions
Caroline Stevermer’s books

Average rating: 3.83 · 53,903 ratings · 5,332 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	A College of Magics (A College of Magics, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 5,707 ratings — published 1994	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
	A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 2004 — 13 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
	Magic Below Stairs 3.69 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — published 2010	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 Glass Magician 3.34 avg rating — 948 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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
	When the King Comes Home 3.56 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2000 — 10 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
	River Rats 3.54 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1992 — 14 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 Serpent's Egg 3.53 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	Scholarly Magics (A College of Magics, #1-2) 3.97 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	The Duke and the Veil 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1980 — 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
	Death of a Borgia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 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

More books by Caroline Stevermer…

Series by Caroline Stevermer

A College of Magics (2 books)
by

Caroline Stevermer (Goodreads Author)

3.73 avg rating — 7,468 ratings

Alchemist (2 books)
by

Caroline Stevermer (Goodreads Author)

3.35 avg rating — 23 ratings

Quotes by Caroline Stevermer (?)

“How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.”
― Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

tags: chess, chocolate-pot, confusion, games, rules

171 likes

“Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are you? Mourning?

He looked startled. "One does not wear mourning for a servant."

You still don't understand, do you? He was not my servant."

He regarded her anger, aghast. "What then? What else could he be?

Her empty hands shook as she held them out to him. Her voice shook as she replied, "Glove to my hand." Slowly she closed her fists. "Everything.”
― Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics

tags: fantasy, grieving, young-adult

23 likes

“You must form your own fashions in a way which demonstrates that you flout the standards from knowledge, not from ignorance. . . But I may flout the standards? . . . Of course. What do you think standards are for?”
― Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics

16 likes

See all Caroline Stevermer's quotes »

Polls

For those who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts, what school/camp is your second choice?

J.K. Rowling

Camp Half-Blood

Rick Riordan

1077 votes, 29.8%

Screw school--I'm going to Narnia!

C.S. Lewis

423 votes, 11.7%

St. Vladimir's Academy

Richelle Mead

192 votes, 5.3%

Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women

Ally Carter

192 votes, 5.3%

Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare

144 votes, 4.0%

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

134 votes, 3.7%

Foxfire Academy

Shannon Messenger

116 votes, 3.2%

Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality

Gail Carriger

81 votes, 2.2%

Sunnydale High

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 3 by Eric Powell

Joss Whedon

65 votes, 1.8%

Jade Mountain Academy

Tui T. Sutherland

64 votes, 1.8%

Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened

Trenton Lee Stewart

59 votes, 1.6%

Hecate Hall

Rachel Hawkins

52 votes, 1.4%

The House of Night

P.C. Cast

50 votes, 1.4%

Shadow Falls

C.C. Hunter

48 votes, 1.3%

The Covenant

Jennifer L. Armentrout

48 votes, 1.3%

Ever After High

Shannon Hale

43 votes, 1.2%

Battle School

Orson Scott Card

42 votes, 1.2%

School of America in Paris (SOAP)

Stephanie Perkins

40 votes, 1.1%

Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown

39 votes, 1.1%

Artime

Lisa McMann

37 votes, 1.0%

Roke School of Wizardry

Ursula K. Le Guin

34 votes, 0.9%

Mythos Academy

Jennifer Estep

33 votes, 0.9%

Spy School

Stuart Gibbs

33 votes, 0.9%

Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined

Charlie N. Holmberg

32 votes, 0.9%

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

29 votes, 0.8%

Master High School

Lisi Harrison

28 votes, 0.8%

Bloor Academy

Jenny Nimmo

27 votes, 0.7%

Lyle House

Kelley Armstrong

26 votes, 0.7%

Miss Cackle's Academy

Jill Murphy

26 votes, 0.7%

Ever After School

Shelby Bach

25 votes, 0.7%

Mount Olympus Academy

Joan Holub

23 votes, 0.6%

The Collegium

Mercedes Lackey

23 votes, 0.6%

Fairy Tale Reform School

Jen Calonita

22 votes, 0.6%

Sword & Cross

Lauren Kate

21 votes, 0.6%

Princess School

Jane B. Mason

16 votes, 0.4%

Bunson and Lacroix's Boys Polytechnique

Gail Carriger

16 votes, 0.4%

Spence Academy

Libba Bray

16 votes, 0.4%

Larwood House

Diana Wynne Jones

15 votes, 0.4%

Axis Institute for World Domination

Catherine Jinks

15 votes, 0.4%

Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents

Elise Primavera

14 votes, 0.4%

Dunwiddle Magic School

Sarah Mlynowski

14 votes, 0.4%

Arkwell Academy

Mindee Arnett

13 votes, 0.4%

Grimm Academy

Joan Holub

13 votes, 0.4%

The Academy

Tera Lynn Childs

11 votes, 0.3%

Avalon High

Meg Cabot

11 votes, 0.3%

Stranje House

Kathleen Baldwin

11 votes, 0.3%

Zetes Institute

L.J. Smith

10 votes, 0.3%

Trident Academy

Debbie Dadey

10 votes, 0.3%

Dunhammond Conservatory

Adi Rule

10 votes, 0.3%

Academy for Monsters

Jennifer Finney Boylan

9 votes, 0.2%

St. Sophia's

Chloe Neill

8 votes, 0.2%

School of Fear

Gitty Daneshvari

8 votes, 0.2%

The Academy of the Airs

Toby Bishop

8 votes, 0.2%

Nerine Academy

Elissa Sussman

8 votes, 0.2%

Greenlaw College

Caroline Stevermer

7 votes, 0.2%

Wizard's Hall

Jane Yolen

7 votes, 0.2%

Animalgam Academy

Aimee Carter

7 votes, 0.2%

Evernight Academy

Claudia Gray

5 votes, 0.1%

Bathory Academy

Nancy A. Collins

5 votes, 0.1%

Winterhaven

Kristi Cook

5 votes, 0.1%

Cragbridge Hall

Chad Morris

5 votes, 0.1%

Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions

Sheila Grau

4 votes, 0.1%

Academy for Earth Space Command

Dan Krokos

3 votes, 0.1%

3612 total votes

93 comments

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Wild Things: YA G...: September Winners: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray	160	201	Sep 01, 2009 04:33PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: Which authors are on your "buy on sight" list	46	307	Feb 06, 2011 08:23PM
Young Adult Ficti...: buy books-before or after you read them?	26	141	Apr 07, 2011 08:52AM
SciFi and Fantasy...: Realistic, Down-to-earth Fantasy Recommendations?	25	142	May 03, 2011 03:45PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: How do you sort your bookshelf?	43	432	Mar 02, 2012 11:38PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: You had me until...	65	211	May 07, 2012 06:21AM