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'' series. The novellas are co-written by Clare,

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. Release of the novellas began in April 2013 in e-book and audio versions, and were released in a combined print edition in November 2014. ''The Bane Chronicles'' has appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers list for Children's Books a number of times beginning in July 2013.

Development

Clare, Johnson, and Brennan have stated that development on the series began when they were telling stories about Clare's character of Magnus Bane to each other. They decided that the non-traditional style of interconnected novellas would be best served by initial Internet publication. The series is also notable for using well-known actors as narrators for the audiobook versions of each novella. The authors provided a list of dream narrators to their publisher, and each audiobook has a different narrator, including Andrew Scott,

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, and Jesse Williams. For some of the actors, this was their first time doing voice work. The first 10 stories were released between April 2013 and March 2014, and the compiled print version, released in November 2014, contained an eleventh story exclusive to the book.

Novellas

* What Really Happened in Peru (with

) ** Release Date: April 16, 2013 ** Narrator: Jesse Williams * The Runaway Queen (with

) ** Release Date: May 21, 2013 ** Narrator: George Blagden * Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale (with

) ** Release Date: June 18, 2013 ** Narrator: Andrew Scott * The Midnight Heir (with

) ** Release Date: July 16, 2013 ** Narrator:

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* The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (with

) ** Release Date: August 20, 2013 ** Narrator: Stephen Lunsford * Saving Raphael Santiago (with

) ** Release Date: September 17, 2013 ** Narrator:

* Fall of the Hotel Dumort (with

) ** Release Date: October 15, 2013 ** Narrator: Cecil Baldwin (of

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) * What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway) ** Release Date: November 19, 2013 ** Narrator Jordan Gavaris * The Last Stand of the New York Institute (with

and

) ** Release Date: December 17, 2013 ** Narrator:

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* The Course of True Love (and First Dates) ** Release Date: March 18, 2014 ** Narrator:

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* The Voicemail of Magnus Bane ** Release Date: November 11, 2014 (exclusively in full book print version) ** Narrators: Seth Numrich and Molly C. Quinn (exclusively in full book audio version)

References

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