“It was sadness, lostness, and the worst thing about it was the way it seemed like a default—like it was there all the time, and all her other expressions were just an array of masks she used to cover it up.”

American young adult fantasy author

Laini Taylor is an American young adult fantasy author. She is a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature and is best known for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Strange the Dreamer, and Muse of Nightmares. Her work sits in the fantasy branch of young adult fiction and has drawn particular notice for its imaginative worlds and series writing. She is represented here with 121 quotes on the site.