Sarah Janet Maas (born 5 March 1986 in New York City, New York) is an American fantasy author, best known for her debut series Throne of Glass published in 2012 and A Court of Thorns and Roses series, published in 2015. Her recent work is the Crescent City series. In 2008, Maas graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, where she majored in creative writing and minored in religious studies. In an interview with Writers & Artists, Maas told them that "Music— especially movie scores and classical music" is her inspiration for writing. She continued on to say that Sabriel written by Garth Nix and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley "kindled my love for reading fantasy and my desire to write it..." Maas has mentioned that "The sense of discovery is why I love writing so much. It’s a total thrill for me." Less