Rachel Hawkins is the author of

Hex Hall ''Hex Hall'' is a best-selling trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Rachel Hawkins. The trilogy is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a boarding ...

, a best-selling trilogy of

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novels. She is from Dothan, Alabama. She also writes as Erin Sterling.

Biography

Hawkins was born in

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, moved to

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at a young age, graduated from

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in 1998, and received a degree in English literature from

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in 2002. She began writing her first novel, ''Hex Hall'', while working as an English teacher at

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. As of 2021, Hawkins lives with her family in

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Bibliography

Hex Hall

* ''Hex Hall'' (2010) * ''Demonglass'' (2011) * ''Spell Bound'' (2012) * ''School Spirits'' (2013) * Short story: "A Very Hexy Valentine's Day" (2013)

Rebel Belle trilogy

* ''Rebel Belle'' (2014) * ''Miss Mayhem'' (2015) * ''Lady Renegades'' (2016)

Royals Series

* ''Prince Charming'' (2018) (first published as ''Royals'') * ''Her Royal Highness'' (2019)

Short stories

* "Eyes in the Dark", ''Defy the Dark'', ed. Saundra Mitchell (2013) * "The Key", ''Grim'', ed. Christine Johnson (2014)

Middle grade fiction

* ''Journey's End'' (2016) * ''Ruby & Olivia'' (2017)

Adult fiction

* ''The Wife Upstairs'' (2021) * ''The Ex Hex'' (2021) (writing as Erin Sterling) * ''The Kiss Curse'' (2022) (writing as Erin Sterling) * ''Reckless Girls'' (2022) * ''The Villa'' (2023)

Audiobooks

* ''Beatrix Greene'',

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(2020) (writing with Ash Parsons and Vicky Alvear Shecter; first published as ''The Haunting of Beatrix Greene'')

References

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